Meanings
plural manufactures
- The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
After years of exporting the gum base to be used as an ingredient in the manufacture of regular chewing gum, the cooperative recently decided to start making its own gum using only chicle gum base and natural flavorings and sweeteners, Chicza said.
2009 April 3, Olivia Feld, “New gum could mean sticky end for mess”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2009 - Anything made, formed or produced; product.
The roads [are] crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.
1727, Jonathan Swift, A Short View of the State of Ireland1 more example
Thus, a patented manufacture should be either better in quality or cheaper in cost than that which it is intended to supplant.
1853, Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, page 133 - figurativelyThe process of such production; generation, creation.
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 - hobbiesA watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.
present singular third person manufactures · participle present manufacturing · participle past manufactured · past manufactured
- To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
Scientists are learning how to manufacture sperm and egg cells from other types of cell; others are developing "alternative" wombs
2008 July 23, Michael Brooks, “Comment: It's time for the Vatican to accept IVF”, in New Scientist, archived from the original on 13 Apr 20161 more example
An effort was made to fit the flexible tube at least 3 mm deep onto the vasculature; (2) for the remaining systems, 3D-printed polyethylene terephthalate (PET) reservoir blocks were manufactured by PrintPlace using FDM technology. The additively manufactured PET reservoir blocks were previously applied and proven to effectively circulate the agent through the healing network [6].
2022 May 9, Eleni Tsangouri et al., “Reservoir-Vascular Tubes Network for Self-Healing Concrete: Performance Analysis by Acoustic Emission, Digital Image Correlation and Ultrasound Velocity”, in Applied Sciences, volume 12, number 10, →DOI, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2025 - transitiveTo work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
to manufacture wool into blankets
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The instrument of this dumbing down in Nineteen Eighty-Four was Newspeak, the official language of the English Socialist Party (Ingsoc). Newspeak was a sort of Totalitarian Esperanto that sought gradually to diminish the range of what was thinkable by eliminating, contracting and manufacturing words.
2021 January 5, Peter Foster, “Peter Foster: Sustainable Newspeak by 2050”, in Financial Post, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2021 - derogatoryTo fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
The collegian keeps manufacturing new excuses for their tardiness.
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Digital technology has made it so easy to manufacture lies that it's become difficult to separate fact from fiction.
2000 December 10, Daniel Zalewski, “The Misinformation Age”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe organized action of making of goods and services for sale
nounthe act of making something (a product) from raw materials
verbput together out of artificial or natural components or parts
verbconcoct something artificial or untrue
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Medieval Latinmanūfactūra“a making by hand”
- Middle Frenchmanufacture
- Englishmanufacture
From Middle French manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin manūfactūra (“a making by hand”), from manūfactus, a compound of manū factus, manū being ablative of manus (“hand”), and factus past participle of faciō (“to do, make”). Compare manual, facture.
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Arabic صَنَعَ, أَنْتَجَ
- صَنَعَ (ṣanaʕa)to make things
- أَنْتَجَ (ʔantaja)to make things
Bulgarian производство, изделие
- производство (proizvodstvo)action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
- изделие (izdelie)anything made, formed or produced; product
- произве́ждам (proizvéždam)to make things
- произведа́ (proizvedá)to make things
- израбо́твам (izrabótvam)to make things
- израбо́тя (izrabótja)to make things
- фабрикувам (fabrikuvam)to create false evidences
Catalan fabricar, manufacturar
- fabricarto make things
- manufacturarto make things
Chinese Mandarin 製造 /制造, 生產 /生产
- 製造 /制造 (zhìzào)to make things
- 生產 /生产 (shēngchǎn)to make things
- 出產 /出产 (chūchǎn)to produce goods
- 捏造 (niēzào)to create false evidences
Czech manufaktura, vyrábět
- manufakturaanything made, formed or produced; product
- vyrábětto make things
- vyrobitto make things
Danish fremstille
- fremstilleto make things
Dutch vervaardigen, fabriceren
- vervaardigento make things
- fabricerento produce goods
Finnish valmistaa, tuottaa
- valmistaato make things
- tuottaato produce goods
- väärentääto create false evidences
- tekaistato create false evidences
French production, produit
- productionaction or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
- produitanything made, formed or produced; product
- productionanything made, formed or produced; product
- fabriquerto make things
- produireto produce goods
- fabriquerto create false evidences
German Produktion, Herstellung
- Produktionaction or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
- Herstellungaction or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
- Produktanything made, formed or produced; product
- herstellento make things
- erzeugento make things
- anfertigento make things
- herstellento produce goods
- fabrizierento create false evidences
Hebrew ייצר \ יִצֵּר, ייצר \ יִצֵּר
- ייצר \ יִצֵּר (yitsér)to make things
- ייצר \ יִצֵּר (yitsér)to produce goods
Hindi उत्पादन करना, उत्पादन करना
- उत्पादन करना (utpādan karnā)to make things
- उत्पादन करना (utpādan karnā)to produce goods
Hungarian készít, gyárt
- készítto make things
- gyártto make things
- csinálto make things
- létrehozto make things
- kreálto make things
- teremtto make things
- gyártto produce goods
- előállítto produce goods
- készítto produce goods
- termelto produce goods
- koholto create false evidences
Indonesian manufaktur
- manufakturaction or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
Irish déantús
- déantúsaction or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
Italian fabbricare
- fabbricareto make things
Japanese 製造する, 生産する
- 製造する (seizō suru)to make things
- 生産する (seisan suru)to make things
- 生産する (seisan suru)to produce goods
- 捏造する (netsuzō suru)to create false evidences
- でっちあげる (detchiageru)to create false evidences
Korean 제조하다, 생산하다
- 제조하다 (jejohada)to make things
- 생산하다 (saengsanhada)to make things
- 만들다 (mandeulda)to make things
Māori whakanao, whakanao
- whakanaoto make things
- whakanaoto produce goods
Norwegian fremstille
- fremstilleto make things
Norwegian Bokmål fabrikasjon
- fabrikasjonaction or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
Persian تولید کردن, دستورزیدن
- تولید کردن (towlid kardan)to make things
- دستورزیدن (dastvarzidan)to make things
Polish manufaktura, wyrób
- manufakturaaction or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
- wyróbanything made, formed or produced; product
- wytwarzaćto make things
- wytworzyćto make things
Portuguese fabricar, manufaturar
- fabricarto make things
- manufaturarto make things
- produzirto produce goods
- manufaturarto produce goods
- fabricarto create false evidences
Romanian fabricare, fabrica
- fabricareaction or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
- fabricato make things
- produceto produce goods
- fabricato produce goods
Russian произво́дство, изготовле́ние
- произво́дство (proizvódstvo)action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
- изготовле́ние (izgotovlénije)action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
- проду́кт (prodúkt)anything made, formed or produced; product
- проду́кция (prodúkcija)anything made, formed or produced; product
- изгота́вливать (izgotávlivatʹ)to make things
- изготовля́ть (izgotovljátʹ)to make things
- изгото́вить (izgotóvitʹ)to make things
- де́лать (délatʹ)to make things
- сде́лать (sdélatʹ)to make things
- производи́ть (proizvodítʹ)to produce goods
- произвести́ (proizvestí)to produce goods
- фабрикова́ть (fabrikovátʹ)to create false evidences
- сфабрикова́ть (sfabrikovátʹ)to create false evidences
Slovak vyrábať, vyrobiť
- vyrábaťto make things
- vyrobiťto make things
Spanish fabricar, producir
- fabricarto make things
- producirto produce goods
Swahili unda, unda
- undato make things
- undato produce goods
- undato create false evidences
Swedish produktion, produkt
- produktionaction or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
- produktanything made, formed or produced; product
- tillverkato make things
- fabricerato create false evidences
Tamil தயாரி, தயாரி
- தயாரி (tayāri)to make things
- தயாரி (tayāri)to produce goods
Thai ผลิต, ทำ
- ผลิต (pà-lìt)to make things
- ทำ (tam)to make things
- ผลิต (pà-lìt)to produce goods
Ukrainian виробля́ти, ви́робити
- виробля́ти (vyrobljáty)to make things
- ви́робити (výrobyty)to make things
Vietnamese sản xuất, chế tạo
- sản xuấtto make things
- chế tạoto make things
Yiddish אויסאַרבעטונג
- אויסאַרבעטונג (oysarbetung)action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with manufacture
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manufacture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manufacture
“manufacture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manufacture. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manufacture,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manufacture.
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