transcription, транскрипция: [ mænjʊfæktʃə(r) ]
( manufactures, manufacturing, manufactured)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
To manufacture something means to make it in a factory, usually in large quantities. ( BUSINESS )
They manufacture the class of plastics known as thermoplastic materials...
We import foreign manufactured goods.
= produce
VERB : V n , V-ed
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Manufacture is also a noun.
...the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
...celebrating 90 years of car manufacture.
N-UNCOUNT : with supp
• manu‧fac‧tur‧ing
...management headquarters for manufacturing.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Manufactures are goods or products which have been made in a factory. ( BUSINESS )
...a long-term rise in the share of manufactures in non-oil exports.
N-COUNT : usu pl
3.
If you say that someone manufactures information, you are criticizing them because they invent information that is not true.
According to the prosecution, the officers manufactured an elaborate story...
= fabricate
VERB : V n [ disapproval ]