manufacture
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From Middle French manufacture.
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manufacture (plural manufactures)
- The action of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
- 2009 April 3, Olivia Feld, “New gum could mean sticky end for mess”, CNN.com:
- 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
- 2009 April 3, Olivia Feld, “New gum could mean sticky end for mess”, CNN.com:
- The process of making or creating goods on a large scale.
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to manufacture (third-person singular simple present manufactures, present participle manufacturing, simple past and past participle manufactured)
- To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
- 2008 July 23, Michael Brooks, “Comment: It's time for the Vatican to accept IVF”, New Scientist:
- 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”, New Scientist:
- To create goods from raw material, e.g. in a factory.
- In a negative sense, to fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.
- 2000 December 10, Daniel Zalewski, “The Misinformation Age”, New York Times:
- 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”, New York Times:
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to make things
to produce goods
to create false evidences
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Latin manu factura "making by hand"; from manus "hand" + factura "making", from facere "make".
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manufacture f. (plural manufactures)
