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English noun: manufacture | |||
| 1. | manufacture (act) the organized action of making of goods and services for sale | ||
| Samples | American industry is making increased use of computers to control production. | ||
| Synonyms | industry | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cottage industry, industrial enterprise, industrialisation, industrialization, production | ||
| Domain category members | industry, point system, privatise, privatize, rat | ||
| 2. | manufacture (act) the act of making something (a product) from raw materials | ||
| Samples | The synthesis and fabrication of single crystals. An improvement in the manufacture of explosives. Manufacturing is vital to Great Britain. | ||
| Synonyms | fabrication, manufacturing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | creating from raw materials | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | formation, newspeak, prefabrication, shaping | ||
English verb: manufacture | |||
| 1. | manufacture (creation) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts | ||
| Samples | The company fabricates plastic chairs. They manufacture small toys. He manufactured a popular cereal. | ||
| Synonyms | construct, fabricate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | make | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mass-produce, raft | ||
| 2. | manufacture (creation) make up something artificial or untrue | ||
| Synonyms | cook up, fabricate, invent, make up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | concoct, confabulate, mythologise, mythologize, spin, trump up, vamp, vamp up | ||
| 3. | manufacture (creation) produce naturally | ||
| Samples | This gland manufactures a specific substance only. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring forth, produce | ||
| 4. | manufacture (creation) create or produce in a mechanical way | ||
| Samples | This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
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