manufacture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
Anything made, formed or produced; product.
The process of such production; generation, creation.
A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.

verb

To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.

Pronunciation

/ˌmænjuˈfækt͡ʃɚ/ /ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃɚ/ /ˌmænəˈfækt͡ʃɚ/ /ˌmanjʊˈfaktʃə/ /ˌmanjəˈfaktʃə/ /ˌmanɪˈfaktʃə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-manufacture.wav

Word forms

manufacture manufactures manufacturing manufactured

Etymology

From Middle French manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin manūfactūra (“a making by hand”), from manūfactus, a compound of manū factus, manū being ablative of manus (“hand”), and factus past participle of faciō (“to do, make”). Compare manual, facture.

Related words

Derived words

biomanufacture comanufacture demanufacture manufacturability manufacturable manufacturage manufactural manufacture of consent manufacturess micromanufacture mismanufacture nanomanufacture nonmanufacture premanufacture remanufacture semimanufacture

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