manufacture1 verbmanufacture2 noun
manufactureman‧u‧fac‧ture1 /ˌmænjəˈfæktʃə $ -ər/ ●●○ verb [transitive] 
VERB TABLE
manufacture
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | manufacture |
| he, she, it | manufactures | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | manufactured |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have manufactured |
| he, she, it | has manufactured | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had manufactured |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will manufacture |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have manufactured |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am manufacturing |
| he, she, it | is manufacturing | |
| you, we, they | are manufacturing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was manufacturing |
| you, we, they | were manufacturing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been manufacturing |
| he, she, it | has been manufacturing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been manufacturing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be manufacturing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been manufacturing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Bile is manufactured by the liver.
- He works for a small company manufacturing aluminium products.
- If the media can manufacture stories like this, then who are we supposed to believe?
- The car was manufactured in Germany until 1961.
- The car was designed, developed, and manufactured in collaboration with Honda.
- Britain still has a bicycle industry; frames and complete bicycles are manufactured here, though most of the components are imported.
- If he could see the bricks in their piles on the site, he would know that they had actually been manufactured.
- Lord McLuskey says they manufacture false confessions, plant evidence and commit perjury.
THESAURUS
used about things you make yourself, or things that are made in a factory: · Diane makes all her own clothes.· My camera was made in China.
to make something in large quantities to be sold, or to make something as the result of a natural process: · The factory produces high-quality steel.· Japan produces some of the most advanced mobile phones.· The pancreas is a gland in your body which produces hormones.
to make something new and original: · Tarantino created a whole new style of films.· Many companies invest a lot of money in creating new products.· Potter was famous for creating characters such as ‘Peter Rabbit’.· This technique is used to create images of beautiful forests.
to make machines, cars, equipment etc in factories: · The company manufactures aircraft parts.
to make very large quantities of something in a factory: · They developed a way to mass-produce the drug.
to design and make something new over a period of time: · In 1962, Enders developed an effective vaccine against measles.· The company is developing new anti-virus software.
to make something as the result of a natural process or chemical reaction: · Hydrogen and oxygen combine to form water.· The research will help us understand how planets are formed.
to make something such as heat, electricity, or power: · Wind can be used to generate electricity.
Longman Language Activatorto make something to produce something which did not exist before: · Diane makes all her own clothes.· The furniture was made by a Swedish firm.· They've just finished making a movie about life during the Civil War.· My camera was made in Taiwan.make somebody something: · I'll make you a coffee, shall I?be made of something (=to be made using a particular substance): · a bag made of leatherbe made from something (=to be made by putting together different materials, substances, or parts): · People were living in huts made from mud, stones, and straw.make something out of/from something: · You could make some cushion covers out of those curtains.
to make large quantities of food, equipment, or other goods by means of industrial processes: · The dairy produced over 1500 tonnes of butter per year.· They produce cheap goods for export to the United States.· a factory that produces high-quality steel
to make machines, equipment, cars etc in factories: · He works for a small company manufacturing aluminium products.· The car was designed, developed, and manufactured in collaboration with Honda.
to make goods in very large quantities using special industrial processes: · Henry Ford made his fortune mass-producing the Model T.· The bike is the first mass-produced bicycle to have full front and rear suspension.
to make large quantities of things, especially without caring about quality: churn/turn out something: · They turn out cheap souvenirs for tourists.· Churning out pamphlets and booklets is ineffective if consumers cannot understand the messages.churn/turn something out: · As long as people keep buying these products, the company will keep turning them out.
to invent something new and original in art, music, fashion etc: · Picasso created a completely new style of painting.· She wanted to create a garden to complement her beautiful home.· This dish was created by master chef Marco Pierre White.
formal to make something using your hands or simple tools: · Two million years ago our ancestors began to fashion stone tools.fashion something from something: · The man had fashioned a turban from a strip of torn cloth.
to make something complicated, especially a building, machine, or vehicle, by putting parts together: · One of Jim's hobbies is building model airplanes.· John and his father built the cabin themselves.build something by hand (=build something without using machines): · Every single car is built by hand at the company's headquarters near Turin.
to make something, especially something large, solid, and strong, by putting parts together: · It is easy to construct a wooden framework for plants to grow against.· Developers want to construct a replica of the 19th century steam yacht.construct something from something: · The roof frames were constructed from thick, heavy timbers.
to make something such as a machine or a piece of furniture by putting together parts that have been made somewhere else: · It's one of those beds that you have to assemble yourself.· Our kits are very easy to assemble.· The apprentices worked in the shed where the new locomotives were assembled and the old ones repaired.
WORD SETSaggregate, nounalloy, nounamber, nounanneal, verbarc welding, nounasbestos, nounassay, verbautomaker, nounaviation, nounBakelite, nounbasketry, nounbenzene, nounbevel, nounbiodegradable, adjectiveblast, verbblast furnace, nounboom, nounboom town, nounbore, verbbore, nounborehole, nounby-product, nouncane, nouncast, verbcasting, nouncedar, nounchipboard, nounchippings, nouncoalface, nouncollier, nouncolliery, nounconcentrate, nouncondenser, nounconstruction, nounconstructor, nounconverter, nouncork, nouncottage industry, nouncross-grained, adjectivecrude, adjectivedeskill, verbdetonate, verbdetonator, noundetoxification, noundevelopment, noundie, noundie casting, noundiesel, noundiesel fuel, noundiggings, noundrill, verbdrive, verbelectronics, nounend product, nounepoxy resin, nounextrude, verbfabricate, verbfabrication, nounforge, nounfound, verbfoundry, nounglass fibre, noungoldmine, nounground glass, nounhigh technology, nounindustrial, adjectiveindustrial archaeology, nounindustrialism, nounindustrialist, nounindustrialization, nouningot, nouninstallation, nounjute, nounlaminate, nounlaminated, adjectivelaser, nounlatex, nounlight industry, nounlime, nounlode, nounlow-tech, adjectivelubricant, nounlubricate, verbmacadam, nounmacerate, verbmachine, verbmachine tool, nounmachinist, nounmaker, nounmanganese, nounmanufacture, verbmanufacture, nounmasonry, nounmaterial, nounmatrix, nounmeat-packing, nounmetal, nounmetal fatigue, nounmetallic, adjectivemetallurgy, nounmetalwork, nounmill, verbmine, nounmine, verbminer, nounmining, nounmodular, adjectivemodule, nounmolten, adjectivemolybdenum, nounmortise, nounmother lode, nounmould, verbmoulding, nounochre, nounoff-cut, nounoil, nounoil paint, nounopencast, adjectiveoxyacetylene, nounpackaging, nounpaint stripper, nounpaintwork, nounpaling, nounpallet, nounpan, nounpanelling, nounpanel pin, nounpaper, adjectivepapier mâché, nounpatent leather, nounperfumery, nounpit, nounpitch, nounpithead, nounplane, verbplant, nounplywood, nounpost-industrial, adjectiveprocess, nounproduce, verbproduct, nounproduction, nounproductivity, nounpulp, verbpump, verbPVC, nounquarry, nounquartz, nounready-made, adjectiverefine, verbrefined, adjectivereprocess, verbroller, nounrough-hewn, adjectiverubber, nounsafety lamp, nounsandblast, verbsealskin, nounshaft, nounshavings, nounsheeting, nounsheet metal, nounshipbuilder, nounskilled, adjectiveslag, nounslag heap, nounsludge, nounslurry, nounsmelt, verbsmith, nounsmithy, nounsmokestack, nounsmokestack industry, nounsoftwood, nounsolder, nounsolder, verbsoldering iron, nounspirit level, nounspray paint, nounsteam, nounsteel, nounstrip mine, nounStyrofoam, nounsunrise industry, nounsynthesis, nounsynthesize, verbtannery, nountemper, verbtensile strength, nountextile, nounthree-ply, adjectiveunrefined, adjectiveunvarnished, adjectiveupright, nounvarnish, nounvat, nounvinyl, nounvulcanize, verbwarehouse, nounwattle, nounwax, nounwaxen, adjectivewaxy, adjectiveweld, verbweld, nounwelder, nounwickerwork, nounwire, nounwood, nounwood pulp, nounwork, verbworking, nounworkshop, nounwrought iron, nounyarn, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Korea’s agricultural output The airport building had been constructed to FAA specifications. textile design and technology a textile millCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
1to use machines to make goods or materials, usually in large numbers or amounts: · I’m working for a printing company at the moment.
· Oil exports from Iraq have resumed.
(=made in large quantities using machines)· Imports of manufactured goods have increased rapidly.
· Local industries were created to manufacture goods that were previously imported.
(=industries in which goods are produced in factories)· The last twenty years has seen a decline in manufacturing industry.
Korea’s agricultural output (=the part of the economy to do with growing food/producing goods)· As the industrial sector grew, more and more of the population moved to the cities.
The airport building had been constructed to FAA specifications. textile design and technology a textile mill· A facility that's said to represent all the best in car manufacturing worldwide.· There was no need to sue Ford for a car manufactured with defective brakes.· The bigger premises increased Lotus' overheads, which made low volume production cars unprofitable to manufacture.· In car manufacturing alone, the state has seen employment jump by 25 percent between 1989 and the end of 1994.
· The human growth hormone is the next in a long line of chemicals to be manufactured industrially, using recombinant-DNA techniques.· They could pass laws to control the importation of chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine, similar to laws in the United States.
· Pluserix was withdrawn by the Government on the advice of the company manufacturing it.· A small number of biomedical companies already have pilot manufacturing plants in San Diego.· Several members of the two committees have links with drug companies manufacturing meningitis vaccines.· Increased sales of the hardware could bolster companies manufacturing games to be used on the console, which ran short before Christmas.· The company also manufactures a line of denim clothing for the Express retail chain, Viramontes said.· Currently the companies manufacture these products under the trade names of Altuglas and Plexiglas.· The company agreed to begin manufacturing them again if Hops would buy at least 100.
· This old fish-drying plant has been revived to manufacture the drug, which is sent south for use in the trial.· The cost of manufacturing a capsule of drug is a fraction of the cost it sells for.· It also would increase criminal penalties for possession of methamphetamine-related chemicals or equipment with the intent to manufacture the drug.· By manufacturing most of the drugs itself, the government reduced costs by as much as 79 percent.· It also broke precedent by not publishing the name or location of the company that will manufacture the drug.
· In its 77-year history, laughs Gauntlett, the firm has manufactured some 11,000 cars, rather fewer than three a week.· The number of firms in the manufacturing sector has been so far taken as given.· These carbon fibre rollers are used by firms manufacturing machines for a variety of uses including films, textiles and paper.· Meretek, a Nashville firm that manufactures the test, claims it is 95 percent accurate in detecting H. pylori.· Small firms operate a scheduled working week 10 percent longer than large firms and in manufacturing it is 15 percent greater.· Other firms are manufacturing radios, wired and fiber-optic telecommunications, military equipment and satellite receivers in San Diego.· J., supplier of flannel sheets, knowing that the firm manufactured knitted jersey crib sheets.· Namely the number of firms in the manufacturing sector is given for every country.
· The rich world keeps the South wedded to commodity production by putting up tariff barriers to manufactured goods.· In that case the plaintiffs and the defendants were two companies who manufactured similar goods.· Like other Southerners, Atlantans felt shortchanged when Northern capitalists transformed cheap Southern raw materials into manufactured goods.· If one doesn't have the immediate outlets, one seldom bothers to manufacture the goods.· The people who manufacture and sell goods and services must want their custom and must understand its value.
· Estimators working in the construction industry and manufacturing businesses have different methods of and motivations for estimating costs.· Still other industries, such as manufacturing, will find it more difficult to accommodate regulatory change.· It was Adam Smith, interestingly, who first used industry to refer to manufacturing and other productive activities.
· The plant, which will manufacture around 50,000 vehicles a year, will begin operations in 1992.· Before making the welfare address, Dole toured a local plant that manufactures stainless steel tanks and employs several former welfare beneficiaries.· The plant will manufacture the V6 engine for luxury versions of the Cavalier model.· For example, a product manager in the marketing department may discover that one plant in manufacturing is producing defective products.· Midwestern plants no longer manufacture many of these wares.
· In car manufacturing alone, the state has seen employment jump by 25 percent between 1989 and the end of 1994.
· Woven textile cloths are manufactured mainly from natural fibres such as cotton or linen although some have a proportion of man made fabrics.· There were a few modest local industries: soap and candle-making, tanning, cooperage, some textile manufacturing, silk-spinning.· Other aspects of the influence of the vestry upon the nature of textile manufacturing in the parish will also be considered.· The Slaters were one of the most influential families in Norwich history and the history of textile manufacturing in this country.
the company that manufactured the drug manufactured goods► see thesaurus at make2to invent an untrue story, excuse etc SYN fabricate: If the media can manufacture stories like this, who are we supposed to believe?3technical if your body manufactures a particular useful substance, it produces itmanufacture1 verbmanufacture2 noun
manufacturemanufacture2 noun WORD ORIGINmanufacture2
Origin:
1500-1600 French, Latin manu factus ‘made by hand’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- During World War II, steel supplies were used in the manufacture of weapons.
- Systems of this type have been used in car manufacture.
- The firm now employs 640 people in the manufacture of frozen foods.
- Also, since this reaction does not use tritium, it does not require the manufacture or transportation of this dangerous substance.
- An ingenious path to early integration of hydrogen into Martian propellant manufacture has been suggested by Bob Zubrin of Lockheed-Martin.
- In south-east Leicestershire two anthropoid shells of local manufacture are to be found in an extensive seventeenth-century vault.
- Indeed food manufacture as a whole underwent a transformation.
- It is a man's shoe of Western manufacture, recently polished and not cheap.
- Selection of a purchase could well depend upon the standard of manufacture.
- They stressed the manufacture of uncomplicated and easily repaired weapons.
Longman Language Activatorwhen something is made
when something is produced - use this especially about the number of things produced in a factory or in a particular industry: · As demand for the drug has grown, cocaine production has skyrocketed.· Bulmers will be making around 40 million gallons of cider this year -- half Britain's total production.production of: · Most caustic soda is used in the production of aluminium.
the number of things made in a particular factory, industry, or country: · Output is up 30% on last year.· In manufacturing alone, smaller firms account for one in three jobs and a quarter of the total output. output of: · There has been a huge increase in the output of children's books.
the part of industry that produces goods in factories: · We now have fewer factories and fewer workers in manufacturing than a decade ago.· In recent years, Botswana's manufacturing industry has grown and the country produces soap and dairy produce.
when goods are produced in factories: · Systems of this type have been used in car manufacture.the manufacture of something: · The firm now employs 640 people in the manufacture of frozen foods.
when something such as a new system, organization, or way of doing something is started: · The report proposed the creation of an independent Scottish parliament.· the creation of an information system for senior managers
when things are made in factories in order to be sold, or a company that does this: · Government money was poured into the economy in order to encourage industry.manufacturing industry: · Manufacturing industry was virtually wiped out in the UK during the 1980s.the steel/clothing/electronics etc industry: · Wages in the clothing industry were found to be lower than in any other sector.
WORD SETSaggregate, nounalloy, nounamber, nounanneal, verbarc welding, nounasbestos, nounassay, verbautomaker, nounaviation, nounBakelite, nounbasketry, nounbenzene, nounbevel, nounbiodegradable, adjectiveblast, verbblast furnace, nounboom, nounboom town, nounbore, verbbore, nounborehole, nounby-product, nouncane, nouncast, verbcasting, nouncedar, nounchipboard, nounchippings, nouncoalface, nouncollier, nouncolliery, nounconcentrate, nouncondenser, nounconstruction, nounconstructor, nounconverter, nouncork, nouncottage industry, nouncross-grained, adjectivecrude, adjectivedeskill, verbdetonate, verbdetonator, noundetoxification, noundevelopment, noundie, noundie casting, noundiesel, noundiesel fuel, noundiggings, noundrill, verbdrive, verbelectronics, nounend product, nounepoxy resin, nounextrude, verbfabricate, verbfabrication, nounforge, nounfound, verbfoundry, nounglass fibre, noungoldmine, nounground glass, nounhigh technology, nounindustrial, adjectiveindustrial archaeology, nounindustrialism, nounindustrialist, nounindustrialization, nouningot, nouninstallation, nounjute, nounlaminate, nounlaminated, adjectivelaser, nounlatex, nounlight industry, nounlime, nounlode, nounlow-tech, adjectivelubricant, nounlubricate, verbmacadam, nounmacerate, verbmachine, verbmachine tool, nounmachinist, nounmaker, nounmanganese, nounmanufacture, verbmanufacture, nounmasonry, nounmaterial, nounmatrix, nounmeat-packing, nounmetal, nounmetal fatigue, nounmetallic, adjectivemetallurgy, nounmetalwork, nounmill, verbmine, nounmine, verbminer, nounmining, nounmodular, adjectivemodule, nounmolten, adjectivemolybdenum, nounmortise, nounmother lode, nounmould, verbmoulding, nounochre, nounoff-cut, nounoil, nounoil paint, nounopencast, adjectiveoxyacetylene, nounpackaging, nounpaint stripper, nounpaintwork, nounpaling, nounpallet, nounpan, nounpanelling, nounpanel pin, nounpaper, adjectivepapier mâché, nounpatent leather, nounperfumery, nounpit, nounpitch, nounpithead, nounplane, verbplant, nounplywood, nounpost-industrial, adjectiveprocess, nounproduce, verbproduct, nounproduction, nounproductivity, nounpulp, verbpump, verbPVC, nounquarry, nounquartz, nounready-made, adjectiverefine, verbrefined, adjectivereprocess, verbroller, nounrough-hewn, adjectiverubber, nounsafety lamp, nounsandblast, verbsealskin, nounshaft, nounshavings, nounsheeting, nounsheet metal, nounshipbuilder, nounskilled, adjectiveslag, nounslag heap, nounsludge, nounslurry, nounsmelt, verbsmith, nounsmithy, nounsmokestack, nounsmokestack industry, nounsoftwood, nounsolder, nounsolder, verbsoldering iron, nounspirit level, nounspray paint, nounsteam, nounsteel, nounstrip mine, nounStyrofoam, nounsunrise industry, nounsynthesis, nounsynthesize, verbtannery, nountemper, verbtensile strength, nountextile, nounthree-ply, adjectiveunrefined, adjectiveunvarnished, adjectiveupright, nounvarnish, nounvat, nounvinyl, nounvulcanize, verbwarehouse, nounwattle, nounwax, nounwaxen, adjectivewaxy, adjectiveweld, verbweld, nounwelder, nounwickerwork, nounwire, nounwood, nounwood pulp, nounwork, verbworking, nounworkshop, nounwrought iron, nounyarn, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Korea’s agricultural output The airport building had been constructed to FAA specifications. textile design and technology a textile millCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
1[uncountable] the process of making goods or materials using machines, usually in large numbers or amounts: · I’m working for a printing company at the moment.
· Oil exports from Iraq have resumed.
(=made in large quantities using machines)· Imports of manufactured goods have increased rapidly.
· Local industries were created to manufacture goods that were previously imported.
(=industries in which goods are produced in factories)· The last twenty years has seen a decline in manufacturing industry.
Korea’s agricultural output (=the part of the economy to do with growing food/producing goods)· As the industrial sector grew, more and more of the population moved to the cities.
The airport building had been constructed to FAA specifications. textile design and technology a textile mill· By 1850, papermaking had ceased, Clutterbuck re-converting the mill for cloth manufacture.· The patrons of all this art were merchants in the thirteenth century, who profited from cloth manufacture.· This was the last bastion of the Hooper empire, cloth manufacture ending in 1934.
· Contests over perquisites were not confined to textile manufacture.· Hand-loom weavers in the various textile manufactures were the most ubiquitous of manufacturing workers.· In textile manufacture women were first and foremost the spinners.· In 1759 Joseph Massie estimated that 228,000 families were supported by metal, wood and textile manufactures.
VERB· A smaller and smaller part of the population is directly involved in industrial manufacture.
· At an early date, the inland brine springs of Droitwich and Cheshire were discovered and used for the manufacture of salt.· The patents involve devices used in the manufacture of semiconductors.· Uses: is used in the manufacture of nylon.· This dimensional stability is an important consideration in choosing a polymer to use in the manufacture of an item.· For a short period it was used for the manufacture of bedding materials and mattresses.· A different alkali would have been used for the manufacture of later soda glasses.· These monkeys are used in the manufacture of household articles and headdresses by ail the tribes in whose domain they are found.· Cobalt compounds are also used in semi-conductor manufacture and to coat storage battery electrodes.
Cost will determine the methods of manufacture.2manufactures [plural] technical goods that are produced in large quantities using machinery