noun

manufacture

manyuu-FAKCHUH

noun

The process of making goods, typically on a large scale using machinery.

"The plant specializes in the manufacture of car parts."

verb

To make goods on a large scale using machines or labor.

"The company manufactures furniture in three countries."

To invent or fabricate something false, especially evidence or an excuse.

"The witness admitted she had manufactured the entire story."

How to Use Manufacture

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo produce goods on a large scale, or, figuratively, to make up a false story or excuse.

Common pairings

manufacture goods manufacture evidence mass-manufacture

manufactured past tense, manufactures plural, manufactures singular

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The plant specializes in the _____ of car parts.

From Latin manū factus, literally "made by hand" — ironic, since the word now usually means made by machine.

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