manufacture

Meaning

Noun

1. The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
2. Anything made, formed or produced; product.
3. (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
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.
2. (transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.
3. (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.

Synonyms

make

produce

production

fabricate

making

create

build

fabrication

construct

make up

cook up

prepare

invent

manufacturing

output

factory

🏭

creation

generate

turn out

industry

work out

work

do

concoct

craft

derive

yield

use

form

processing

assembly

plant

🌱

raise

bring forth

manufactory

construction

🚧

elaborate

execution

machine

disgust

discover

devise

develop

cause

bring

derivation

carry

formulate

cultivate

formation

Translations

fabriquer

herstellen

fabbricare

fabricar

Herstellung

fabrication

produrre

manifattura

fabriceren

vervaardigen

erzeugen

fabricar

fabrizieren

κατασκευάζω

anfertigen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌmænjuˈfækt͡ʃɚ/

Etymology

From Middle French manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin manūfactūra (“a making by hand”), from manūfactus, a compound of manū factus, manū being ablative of manus (“hand”), and factus past participle of faciō (“I do, make”).
Compare manual, facture.