Standard Lemma guide

manufacture

noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˌmænjuˈfækt͡ʃɚ/
  • US: /ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃɚ/
  • US: /ˌmænəˈfækt͡ʃɚ/
  • UK: /ˌmanjʊˈfaktʃə/
  • UK: /ˌmanjəˈfaktʃə/
  • UK: /ˌmanɪˈfaktʃə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æktʃə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: M AE2 N Y AH0 F AE1 K CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Anything made, formed or produced; product.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The process of such production; generation, creation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, horology, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to manufacture wool into blankets

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory

Examples

  • The collegian keeps manufacturing new excuses for their tardiness.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the organized action of making of goods and services for sale

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • American industry is making increased use of computers to control production

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: industry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business

Narrower terms: cottage industry, production, industrialization, industrialisation, industrial enterprise

9

noun

Meaning 9

the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals
  • an improvement in the manufacture of explosives
  • manufacturing is vital to Great Britain

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fabrication, manufacturing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: creating from raw materials

Narrower terms: formation, shaping, newspeak, prefabrication

10

verb

Meaning 10

make up something artificial or untrue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fabricate, cook up, make up, invent

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct

Narrower terms: mythologize, mythologise, confabulate, trump up, concoct, spin, vamp, vamp up

11

verb

Meaning 11

put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; He manufactured a popular cereal"

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the company fabricates plastic chairs
  • They manufacture small toys

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fabricate, construct

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: make

Narrower terms: mass-produce, raft

12

verb

Meaning 12

create or produce in a mechanical way

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: make, create

13

verb

Meaning 13

produce naturally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • this gland manufactures a specific substance only

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: produce, bring forth

History

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 (“to do, make”). Compare manual, facture.

Across languages

Translations

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: производство (proizvodstvo) — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • French: production — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • Georgian: წარმოება (c̣armoeba) — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • German: Produktion — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • German: Herstellung — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • Ido: fabriko — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • Indonesian: manufaktur — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • Irish: déantús — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fabrikasjon — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fabrikasjon — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • Polish: manufaktura — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • Romanian: fabricare — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • Russian: произво́дство (proizvódstvo) — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • Russian: изготовле́ние (izgotovlénije) — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • Sanskrit: कृति (kṛti) — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • Swedish: produktion — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • Yiddish: אויסאַרבעטונג (oysarbetung) — action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale
  • Bulgarian: изделие (izdelie) — anything made, formed or produced; product
  • Czech: manufaktura — anything made, formed or produced; product
  • French: produit — anything made, formed or produced; product
  • French: production — anything made, formed or produced; product
  • German: Produkt — anything made, formed or produced; product
  • Ido: fabrikuro — anything made, formed or produced; product
  • Polish: wyrób — anything made, formed or produced; product
  • Russian: проду́кт (prodúkt) — anything made, formed or produced; product
  • Russian: проду́кция (prodúkcija) — anything made, formed or produced; product
  • Swedish: produkt — anything made, formed or produced; product
  • Arabic: صَنَعَ (ṣanaʕa) — to make things
  • Arabic: أَنْتَجَ (ʔantaja) — to make things
  • Belarusian: вырабля́ць (vyrabljácʹ) — to make things
  • Belarusian: вы́рабіць (výrabicʹ) — to make things
  • Belarusian: вытвара́ць (vytvarácʹ) — to make things
  • Belarusian: вы́тварыць (výtvarycʹ) — to make things
  • Bulgarian: произве́ждам (proizvéždam) — to make things
  • Bulgarian: произведа́ (proizvedá) — to make things
  • Bulgarian: израбо́твам (izrabótvam) — to make things
  • Bulgarian: израбо́тя (izrabótja) — to make things
  • Catalan: fabricar — to make things
  • Catalan: manufacturar — to make things
  • Chinese Mandarin: 製造 /制造 (zhìzào) — to make things
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生產 /生产 (shēngchǎn) — to make things
  • Czech: vyrábět — to make things
  • Czech: vyrobit — to make things
  • Danish: fremstille — to make things
  • Dutch: vervaardigen — to make things
  • Finnish: valmistaa — to make things
  • French: fabriquer — to make things
  • Galician: fabricar — to make things
  • German: herstellen — to make things
  • German: erzeugen — to make things
  • German: anfertigen — to make things
  • Hebrew: ייצר \ יִצֵּר (yitsér) — to make things
  • Hindi: उत्पादन करना (utpādan karnā) — to make things
  • Hungarian: készít — to make things
  • Hungarian: gyárt — to make things
  • Hungarian: csinál — to make things
  • Hungarian: létrehoz — to make things
  • Hungarian: kreál — to make things
  • Hungarian: teremt — to make things
  • Ido: fabrikar — to make things
  • Italian: fabbricare — to make things
  • Japanese: 製造する (seizō suru) — to make things
  • Japanese: 生産する (seisan suru) — to make things
  • Korean: 제조하다 (jejohada) — to make things
  • Korean: 생산하다 (saengsanhada) — to make things
  • Korean: 만들다 (mandeulda) — to make things
  • Māori: whakanao — to make things
  • Eastern Mari: ышташ (yštaš) — to make things
  • Norwegian: fremstille — to make things
  • Occitan: fabricar — to make things
  • Persian: تولید کردن (towlid kardan) — to make things
  • Persian: دستورزیدن (dastvarzidan) — to make things
  • Polish: wytwarzać — to make things
  • Polish: wytworzyć — to make things
  • Portuguese: fabricar — to make things
  • Portuguese: manufaturar — to make things
  • Romanian: fabrica — to make things
  • Russian: изгота́вливать (izgotávlivatʹ) — to make things
  • Russian: изготовля́ть (izgotovljátʹ) — to make things
  • Russian: изгото́вить (izgotóvitʹ) — to make things
  • Russian: де́лать (délatʹ) — to make things
  • Russian: сде́лать (sdélatʹ) — to make things
  • Serbo-Croatian: произво̀дити — to make things
  • Serbo-Croatian: проѝзвести — to make things
  • Serbo-Croatian: proizvòditi — to make things
  • Serbo-Croatian: proìzvesti — to make things
  • Slovak: vyrábať — to make things
  • Slovak: vyrobiť — to make things
  • Slovene: izdelovati — to make things
  • Slovene: izdelati — to make things
  • Slovene: proizvajati — to make things
  • Slovene: proizvesti — to make things
  • Spanish: fabricar — to make things
  • Swahili: unda — to make things
  • Swedish: tillverka — to make things
  • Tajik: истеҳсол кардан (istehsol kardan) — to make things
  • Tajik: тавлид кардан (tavlid kardan) — to make things
  • Tamil: தயாரி (tayāri) — to make things
  • Thai: ผลิต (pà-lìt) — to make things
  • Thai: ทํา (tam) — to make things
  • Ukrainian: виробля́ти (vyrobljáty) — to make things
  • Ukrainian: ви́робити (výrobyty) — to make things
  • Vietnamese: sản xuất — to make things
  • Vietnamese: chế tạo — to make things
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出產 /出产 (chūchǎn) — to produce goods
  • Dutch: fabriceren — to produce goods
  • Finnish: tuottaa — to produce goods
  • French: produire — to produce goods
  • Galician: producir — to produce goods
  • Georgian: წარმოება (c̣armoeba) — to produce goods
  • German: herstellen — to produce goods
  • Hebrew: ייצר \ יִצֵּר (yitsér) — to produce goods
  • Hindi: उत्पादन करना (utpādan karnā) — to produce goods
  • Hungarian: gyárt — to produce goods
  • Hungarian: előállít — to produce goods
  • Hungarian: készít — to produce goods
  • Hungarian: termel — to produce goods
  • Ido: fabrikar — to produce goods
  • Japanese: 生産する (seisan suru) — to produce goods
  • Māori: whakanao — to produce goods
  • Portuguese: produzir — to produce goods
  • Portuguese: manufaturar — to produce goods
  • Romanian: produce — to produce goods
  • Romanian: fabrica — to produce goods
  • Russian: производи́ть (proizvodítʹ) — to produce goods
  • Russian: произвести́ (proizvestí) — to produce goods
  • Serbo-Croatian: proìzvesti — to produce goods
  • Slovene: proizvesti — to produce goods
  • Spanish: producir — to produce goods
  • Swahili: unda — to produce goods
  • Tamil: தயாரி (tayāri) — to produce goods
  • Thai: ผลิต (pà-lìt) — to produce goods
  • Bulgarian: фабрикувам (fabrikuvam) — to create false evidences
  • Chinese Mandarin: 捏造 (niēzào) — to create false evidences
  • Finnish: väärentää — to create false evidences
  • Finnish: tekaista — to create false evidences
  • French: fabriquer — to create false evidences
  • German: fabrizieren — to create false evidences
  • Hungarian: kohol — to create false evidences
  • Japanese: 捏造する (netsuzō suru) — to create false evidences
  • Japanese: でっちあげる (detchiageru) — to create false evidences
  • Portuguese: fabricar — to create false evidences
  • Russian: фабрикова́ть (fabrikovátʹ) — to create false evidences
  • Russian: сфабрикова́ть (sfabrikovátʹ) — to create false evidences
  • Swahili: unda — to create false evidences
  • Swedish: fabricera — to create false evidences
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