manufacture

verb

/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃə(r)/

/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃər/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they manufacture	/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃə(r)/ /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃər/
he / she / it manufactures	/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃəz/ /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃərz/
past simple manufactured	/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃəd/ /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃərd/
past participle manufactured	/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃəd/ /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃərd/
-ing form manufacturing	/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃərɪŋ/ /ˌmænjuˈfæktʃərɪŋ/

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manufacture something to make goods in large quantities, using machines synonym mass-produce
- manufactured goods
- This company manufactures the equipment used to make contact lenses.
Topics Businessb2
manufacture something to invent a story, an excuse, etc.
- a news story manufactured by an unscrupulous journalist
Extra Examples
- The evidence against him had been largely manufactured.
- There were claims that the entire row had been manufactured by the press.
manufacture something (specialist) to produce a substance
- Vitamins cannot be manufactured by our bodies.
- Plants use the sun's light to manufacture their food.

Word Originmid 16th cent. (as noun, denoting something made by hand): from French (re-formed by association with Latin manu factum ‘made by hand’), from Italian manifattura. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.

manufacture

noun

/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃə(r)/

/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃər/

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[uncountable] the process of producing goods in large quantities synonym mass production
- the manufacture of cars
- car/vehicle/steel/cloth manufacture
- What is the date of manufacture?
Extra Examples
- The date of manufacture of the jewellery has not been authenticated.
- They commenced large-scale commercial manufacture of the chairs in January.
- cotton ropes of local manufacture
Topics Businessb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- local
- metal
- steel
- …
phrases
- costs of manufacture
- date of manufacture
- the method of manufacture
- …
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manufactures
[plural] (specialist) manufactured goods
- a major importer of cotton manufactures