manufacture

(măn'yə-făk'chər)

v., -tured, -tur·ing, -tures.

v.tr.

1. 1. To make or process (a raw material) into a finished product, especially by means of a large-scale industrial operation.
   2. To make or process (a product), especially with the use of industrial machines.
2. To create, produce, or turn out in a mechanical manner: "His books seem to have been manufactured rather than composed" (Dwight Macdonald).
3. To concoct or invent; fabricate: manufacture an excuse.

v.intr.
To make or process goods, especially in large quantities and by means of industrial machines.

n.

1. 1. The act, craft, or process of manufacturing products, especially on a large scale.
   2. An industry in which mechanical power and machinery are employed.
2. A product that is manufactured.
3. The making or producing of something.

[From French, manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin *manūfactūra : Latin manū, ablative of manus, hand + Latin factūra, working of a metal, from factus, past participle of facere, to make.]

manufacturable man'u·fac'tur·a·ble adj.
manufactural man'u·fac'tur·al adj.
manufacturing man'u·fac'tur·ing n.

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Making or fashioning by hand or machinery, especially in large quantities.

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verb

To create by forming, combining, or altering materials: assemble, build, construct, fabricate, fashion, forge¹, frame, make, mold, produce, put together, shape. See make/unmake.

v

Definition: build, produce
Antonyms: destroy, ruin

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Items of trade that have been transformed from raw materials, either by labor, art, skill, or machine into finished articles that have new forms, qualities, or properties.

For example, a blouse that is made of raw silk would be considered a manufacture, whereas fresh vegetables sold on a farm would not.

Whether particular products are within the definition of manufactures becomes significant with respect to taxes and other regulations imposed upon manufacturers.

IN BRIEF: The act of making a product from raw materials. Also: Make up something artificial or untrue.

That automobile factory will manufacture a million cars this year.

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• Fabrication and Manufacturing Processes - manufacture: (vb) produce items in quantity with standardized, technologically advanced equipment

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Common misspelling(s) of manufacture

• manufature

Dansk (Danish)
n. - fabrikation, fremstilling, fabrikat, produkt
v. tr. - fabrikere, producere, fremstille, opdigte, samlebåndsfremstille
v. intr. - være beskæftiget med fabrikation

Nederlands (Dutch)
vervaardigen, verzinnen, produceren, fabricage, vervaardiging, fabrieksindustrie, product

Français (French)
n. - fabrication, production
v. tr. - (lit) fabriquer, (fig) fabriquer (de toutes pièces)
v. intr. - se fabriquer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Herstellung
v. - herstellen, erfinden

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (βιομηχανοποιημένη) κατασκευή, παραγωγή, βιομηχανία, βιομηχανικό προϊόν
v. - κατασκευάζω, παράγω (σε βιομηχανική κλίμακα)

Italiano (Italian)
fabbricare, fabbricazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - manufatura (f)
v. - manufaturar, inventar

Русский (Russian)
производить, перерабатывать, штамповать, фабриковать, обработка, продукт, производство, фабрикация

Español (Spanish)
n. - fabricación, producción, manufactura
v. tr. - fabricar, elaborar, manufacturar
v. intr. - fabricar, ser fabricante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tillverkning, produkt, industrigren
v. - tillverka, bearbeta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
制造, 产品, 制造业, 加工, 粗制滥造, 捏造

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 製造, 產品, 製造業
v. tr. - 製造, 加工, 粗製濫造, 捏造
v. intr. - 製造

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 재조[업], 졸작
v. tr. - 재작하다, 졸작을 만들다, 거짓으로 꾸며내다
v. intr. - 증거를 조작하다 , 이야기를 거짓으로 꾸며내다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 製造する, でっち上げる
n. - 製造, 製造業, 製品

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سلعه مصنوعه (فعل) يصنع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ייצור, תוצרת‬
v. tr. - ‮ייצר, יצר, בדה, פברק‬
v. intr. - ‮עסק בייצור‬

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