manufacture

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manufacture

The factory workers manufacture small plastic toys on an assembly line.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • The process of making goods on a large scale using machinery: "manufacture" refers to the industrial production of products, typically from raw materials.
    • A manufactured product or the manufacturing industry: It can also refer to the goods produced or the sector of industry involved in production.

  2. Verb:

    • To make or produce goods on a large scale using machinery: The primary meaning involves industrial production.
    • To invent or fabricate something, often with a connotation of falseness: Used when something is concocted or created in a way that is not genuine, such as a story or excuse.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The manufacture of automobiles requires a complex supply chain.
    • He works in manufacture, overseeing the production line.

  • Verb (Industrial Production):

    • The company manufactures electronic components for computers.
    • This plant manufactures over ten thousand units per day.

  • Verb (Invent/Fabricate):

    • The politician was accused of manufacturing evidence against his opponent.
    • She manufactured an elaborate excuse for being late.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be of [a country's] manufacture": to be produced in a specific country.
    • This device is of Japanese manufacture.
  • "the manufacture of consent": a phrase (often in political/social analysis) referring to the process of shaping public opinion through media or propaganda.
    • The documentary explored the manufacture of consent for the war.
Variants and Related Words
  • Manufacturer (n): A company or person that makes goods for sale.
    • The manufacturer issued a recall for the faulty product.
  • Manufacturing (n/adj): (The process of) making goods on a large scale; relating to such production.
    • Manufacturing jobs have declined in the region.
  • Fabrication (n): The action or process of manufacturing or inventing something. Often overlaps with the "invent/falsify" sense of "manufacture."
    • His account of the event was a complete fabrication.
Synonyms
  • Produce (v): To make or manufacture from components or raw materials.
  • Fabricate (v): To construct or manufacture, especially in an industrial context; also means to invent a story.
  • Assemble (v): To fit together the component parts of a product.
Related Phrasal Verbs

(Note: "Manufacture" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. Its meanings are typically expressed directly.)

Related Idioms
  • "Manufacture a story/excuse/reason": To invent a false or contrived explanation.
    • It was obvious he had manufactured a story to get out of trouble.
manufacture

The factory workers manufacture small plastic toys on an assembly line.

Noun
  1. the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
    • the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals
    • an improvement in the manufacture of explosives
    • manufacturing is vital to Great Britain
  2. the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
    • American industry is making increased use of computers to control production
Verb
  1. create or produce in a mechanical way
    • This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success
  2. produce naturally
    • this gland manufactures a specific substance only
  3. make up something artificial or untrue
  4. put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; He manufactured a popular cereal"
    • the company fabricates plastic chairs
    • They manufacture small toys

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