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manufacture

[man-yuh-fak-cher, man-uh-]

noun

  1. the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale.

    the manufacture of television sets.

  2. the making or producing of anything; generation.

    the manufacture of body cells.

  3. the thing or material manufactured; product.

    Plastic is an important manufacture.



verb (used with object)

manufactured, manufacturing 
  1. to make or produce by hand or machinery, especially on a large scale.

    Synonyms:
  2. to work up (material) into form for use.

    to manufacture cotton.

  3. to invent fictitiously; fabricate; concoct.

    to manufacture an account of the incident.

  4. to produce in a mechanical way without inspiration or originality.

    to manufacture a daily quota of poetry.

manufacture

/ ˌ³¾Ć¦²ŌĀįŹŠĖˆ“ŚĆ¦°ģ³ŁŹƒÉ™ /

verb

  1. to process or make (a product) from a raw material, esp as a large-scale operation using machinery

  2. (tr) to invent or concoct

    to manufacture an excuse

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the production of goods, esp by industrial processes

  2. a manufactured product

  3. the creation or production of anything

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • manufacturable adjective
  • manufactural adjective
  • nonmanufacture noun
  • nonmanufactured adjective
  • nonmanufacturing noun
  • premanufacture verb (used with object)
  • semimanufactured adjective
  • semimanufacturing noun
  • unmanufacturable adjective
  • unmanufactured adjective
  • well-manufactured adjective
  • ˌ³¾²¹²Ō³Üˈ“ڲ¹³¦³Ł³Ü°ł¾±²Ō²µ noun
  • ˌ³¾²¹²Ō³Üˈ“ڲ¹³¦³Ł³Ü°ł²¹²ś±ō±š adjective
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of manufacture1

First recorded in 1560–70; from Middle French manufacture ā€œthe action or process of making; a factory,ā€ equivalent to Latin ³¾²¹²ŌÅ« ā€œby handā€, ablative singular of manus ā€œhandā€ + Middle French facture ā€œmaking, constructionā€ (from Late Latin “ڲ¹³¦³ŁÅ«°ł²¹ ā€œaction of creating, a creation, piece of handiwork,ā€ from Latin “ڲ¹³¦³ŁÅ«°ł²¹ ā€œact of fashioning; metal working,ā€ a derivative of facere ā€œto make, doā€); the verb is derivative of the noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of manufacture1

C16: from obsolete manufact hand-made, from Late Latin ³¾²¹²ŌÅ«factus, from Latin manus hand + facere to make
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Synonym Study

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.
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When she owned and operated a manufacturing company in the ’80s, she said she benefited from then-President Reagan signing a new law that gave legal status and a path to citizenship to many unauthorized residents.

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But more expensive energy also feeds through to higher prices for almost everything, from farming to manufacturing.

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More than five decades of snack food production came to an end this week when Frito-Lay closed manufacturing operations at its Rancho Cucamonga facility, eliminating hundreds of jobs in the process.

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Alexander Dennis, which manufactures single and double decker buses, said the new proposed structure would lower costs and increase efficiency.

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The US has said China has been slow to release exports of rare earth metals and magnets which are essential for manufacturing everything from smartphones to electric vehicles.

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