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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)
4.
to make or produce by hand or machinery, especially on a large scale.
5.
to work up (material) into form for use: to manufacture cotton.
6.
to invent fictitiously; fabricate; concoct: to manufacture an account of the incident.
7.
to produce in a mechanical way without inspiration or originality: to manufacture a daily quota of poetry.
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man·u·fac·tur·a·ble, adjective
man·u·fac·tur·al, adjective
non·man·u·fac·ture, noun
non·man·u·fac·tured, adjective
non·man·u·fac·tur·ing, noun
EXPANDpre·man·u·fac·ture, verb (used with object), -tured, -tur·ing.
sem·i·man·u·fac·tured, adjective
sem·i·man·u·fac·tur·ing, noun
un·man·u·fac·tur·a·ble, adjective
un·man·u·fac·tured, adjective
well-man·u·fac·tured, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
4. build. 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 make1.
4. build. 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 make1.
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- People make ice cream, sell it, provide ingredients or manufacture the machines.
- We no longer manufacture assets.
- But the Internet is as powerful a machine for the production of loneliness as television is for the manufacture of boredom.
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Word Origin & History
manufacture
1560s, "something made by hand," from M.Fr. manufacture, from M.L. *manufactura, from L. manu, abl. of manus "hand" (see manual) + factura "a working," from pp. stem of facere "to perform" (see factitious). Sense of "process of manufacturing"
EXPANDfirst recorded c.1600. The verb is attested from 1680s. Related: Manufactured; manufactures; manufacturing.
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