manufacturing
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yəˈfæk 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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Related forms
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
pre·man·u·fac·ture, verb (used with object), pre·man·u·fac·tured, pre·man·u·fac·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
Synonyms
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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manufacture (ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 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 |
| —n | |
| 3. | the production of goods, esp by industrial processes |
| 4. | a manufactured product |
| 5. | the creation or production of anything |
| [C16: from obsolete manufact hand-made, from Late Latin manūfactus, from Latin manus hand + facere to make] | |
| manu'facturable | |
| —adj | |
| manu'facturing | |
| —n, —adj | |
| manufacture (ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃə) | |
| —vb | |
| 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 |
| —n | |
| 3. | the production of goods, esp by industrial processes |
| 4. | a manufactured product |
| 5. | the creation or production of anything |
| [C16: from obsolete manufact hand-made, from Late Latin manūfactus, from Latin manus hand + facere to make] | |
| manu'facturable | |
| —adj | |
| manu'facturing | |
| —n, —adj | |
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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"
first recorded c.1600. The verb is attested from 1680s. Related: Manufactured; manufactures; manufacturing.
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Over the past decade, as the country's largely agrarian economy has transformed into an urban manufacturing and service.
The dumping of the toxic manufacturing byproducts is much easier there.
Such industries include construction, leisure and hospitality, and manufacturing.
It's a place where opportunity for blacks seems to have largely evaporated since its manufacturing heyday.
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