mass-producev.
/ˌmasprəˈdjuːs/, /ˌmasprəˈdʒuːs/, U.S. /ˈˌmæsprəˈd(j)us/ 1. transitive. To produce (an article) in large quantities by an automated process; to manufacture in bulk. Also in extended use.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase in amount, number, or frequency
manifoldeOE
multiplya1275
increase1382
plurify?a1425
advance1576
propagate1591
vie1605
mass-produce1923
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > manufacture or produce [verb (transitive)] > mass-produce
mass-produce1923
1923 Daily Mail 22 Jan. 5 All cars made in the United States are not necessarily mass-produced.
1938 New Statesman 23 July 143/2 Trades which mass-produce luxury or semi-luxury goods.
1978 Sci. Amer. June 64/3 This vegetative, or asexual, form of propagation is exploited commercially to mass-produce the identical offspring of a single superior plant.
1997 Daily Tel. 2 May 8/5 Hoechst Marion Roussel..said that it is now mass producing hirudin from genetically-altered yeast.
2006 M. S. Conroy Soviet Pharmaceut. Business during First Two Decades xi. 215 American scientists developed a method of mass-producing penicillin.
2. intransitive. To engage in mass production.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > manufacture [verb (intransitive)] > mass-produce
mass-produce1940
1940 Life 9 Dec. 84/2 U.S. now mass-produces.
1958 Observer 19 Oct. 17/4 They [sc. geese] defy horrible human plans to mass-produce in battery and deep scratch.
1989 A. P. Dillon tr. S. Shingo Study of Toyota Production Syst. (rev. ed.) v. 95 A system geared to the Japanese market that mass-produces in small lots with minimum stocks.
Derivatives
ˌmass-proˈducing adj.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacture or production > [adjective] > mass-producing
mass-producing1925
1925 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 5 Apr. 5/1 (advt.) Our styles are always correct and new and you get them before the great mass-producing manufacturers have seized them and made them standardized and common.
1991 Dog Fancy Jan. 12/1 UKC defines puppy mills as mass-producing kennel operations in which..females are bred every season.
2006 T. Blecker & G. Friedrich Mass Customization i. 3 Because of market pressures and customer demand for a broader product portfolio, mass producing companies may decide to shift to mass customization.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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