manufacture — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(noun.)

ADJ

large-scale, small-scale | commercial, industrial

local

The bakery uses flour from local manufacture rather than importing it from abroad.

metal, steel, etc. | cloth, cotton, textile, woollen, etc. | car, vehicle, etc. | drug, food, etc.

VERB + MANUFACTURE

commence, start

The company started manufacture of electric vehicles at their new factory last year.

complete | be engaged in

MANUFACTURE + VERB

start

PHRASES

costs of manufacture, date of manufacture

The costs of manufacture for these shoes have increased significantly over the past year.

the method/process of manufacture

Definitions

noun

1

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

2

Anything made, formed or produced; product.

The roads [are] crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.

Thus, a patented manufacture should be either better in quality or cheaper in cost than that which it is intended to supplant.

3

The process of such production; generation, creation.

Our lawgivers take special pride in the ever active manufacture of new bills and laws.

4

A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.

verb

1

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

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].

2

To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.

to manufacture wool into blankets

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.

3

To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.

The collegian keeps manufacturing new excuses for their tardiness.

Digital technology has made it so easy to manufacture lies that it's become difficult to separate fact from fiction.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the organized action of making of goods and services for sal

industry

noun — the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

verb — concoct something artificial or untrue

verb — put together out of artificial or natural components or part

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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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

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02

The roads [are] crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.

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03

Thus, a patented manufacture should be either better in quality or cheaper in cost than that which it is intended to supplant.

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04

Scientists are learning how to manufacture sperm and egg cells from other types of cell; others are developing "alternative" wombs

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05

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 Pr

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06

to manufacture wool into blankets

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, manufacture is marked as figuratively, derogatory. Watch for register when choosing this word.