manufacture
Americannoun
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the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale.
the manufacture of television sets.
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the making or producing of anything; generation.
the manufacture of body cells.
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the thing or material manufactured; product.
Plastic is an important manufacture.
verb (used with object)
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to make or produce by hand or machinery, especially on a large scale.
- Synonyms:
- build
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to work up (material) into form for use.
to manufacture cotton.
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to invent fictitiously; fabricate; concoct.
to manufacture an account of the incident.
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to produce in a mechanical way without inspiration or originality.
to manufacture a daily quota of poetry.
verb
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to process or make (a product) from a raw material, esp as a large-scale operation using machinery
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(tr) to invent or concoct
to manufacture an excuse
noun
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the production of goods, esp by industrial processes
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a manufactured product
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the creation or production of anything
Related Words
Manufacture, assemble, fabricate apply to processes in industry. Manufacture, originally to make by hand, now means to make by machine or by industrial process: to manufacture rubber tires. To assemble is to fit together the manufactured parts of something mechanical: to assemble an automobile. To fabricate is to construct or build by fitting standardized parts together: to fabricate houses. See also make 1.
Other Word Forms
- manufacturable adjective
- manufactural adjective
- manufacturing noun
- nonmanufacture noun
- nonmanufactured adjective
- nonmanufacturing noun
- premanufacture verb (used with object)
- semimanufactured adjective
- semimanufacturing noun
- unmanufacturable adjective
- unmanufactured adjective
- well-manufactured adjective
Etymology
Origin of manufacture
First recorded in 1560–70; from Middle French manufacture “the action or process of making; a factory,” equivalent to Latin manū “by hand”, ablative singular of manus “hand” + Middle French facture “making, construction” (from Late Latin factūra “action of creating, a creation, piece of handiwork,” from Latin factūra “act of fashioning; metal working,” a derivative of facere “to make, do”); the verb is derivative of the noun
Example Sentences
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The bank is also upbeat on contract research, development and manufacturing organizations, supported by a funding rebound and expanding global capabilities, and on medtech companies as medical equipment procurement recovers.
It showed employment continued to increase in December, with job creation accelerating, though only marginally due to further cutbacks in the manufacturing sector.
It follows a slowdown in momentum of services activity in the bloc, as well as a further weakening of manufacturing activity at the start of the year.
It plans to bring in modernized manufacturing methods—such as automation and robotics—from the firm’s world-class South Korean operations.
The jump in orders is some positive news for Europe's biggest economy, which is struggling through a long decline due to a manufacturing slump, high energy costs and weak demand in key export markets.
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