manufacture
pronunciation
How to pronounce manufacture in British English:
UK [ˌmænjuˈfæktʃə(r)]
How to pronounce manufacture in American English:
US [ˌmænjuˈfæktʃər]
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- Noun:
- the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
- the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
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- Verb:
- put together out of components or parts
- make up something artificial or untrue
Word Origin
- manufacture (n.)
- 1560s, "something made by hand," from Middle French manufacture, from Medieval Latin *manufactura (source of Italian manifattura, Spanish manufactura), from Latin manu, ablative of manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)) + factura "a working," from past participle stem of facere "to perform" (see factitious). Sense of "process of manufacturing" first recorded c. 1600. Related: Manufactures.
- manufacture (v.)
- 1680s, from manufacture (n.). Related: Manufactured; manufacturing; manufacturable.
Example
- 1. Ironically , intel used to manufacture arm processors for early smartphones and pdas like the palm treo .
- 2. The question of what we will design and manufacture and sell however , was postponed . "
- 3. Factories in chengdu manufacture products for hundreds of companies .
- 4. Citizen claims to manufacture annually more wristwatches than any other company .
- 5. Thinking carrying money in traditional wallets was far too pedestrian , he decided to manufacture his own version of the money clip .