Pronunciation Noun
manufacture (plural manufactures)
- The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
- Anything made, formed or produced; product.
- 1727, Jonathan Swift, A Short View of the State of Ireland
- The roads [are] crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.
- 1727, Jonathan Swift, A Short View of the State of Ireland
- (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
- 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
- Our lawgivers take special pride in the ever active manufacture of new bills and laws.
- 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
- manufact
- manufactory
- French: production
- German: Produktion, Herstellung
- Russian: произво́дство
- French: produit, production
- German: Produkt
- Russian: проду́кт
manufacture (manufactures, present participle manufacturing; past and past participle manufactured)
- To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
- (transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
- to manufacture wool into blankets
- (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
- French: fabriquer
- German: herstellen, erzeugen, anfertigen
- Italian: fabbricare
- Portuguese: fabricar, manufaturar
- Russian: изгота́вливать
- Spanish: fabricar
- French: produire
- German: herstellen
- Portuguese: produzir, manufaturar
- Russian: производи́ть
- Spanish: producir
- French: fabriquer
- German: fabrizieren
- Portuguese: fabricar
- Russian: фабрикова́ть
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