adj
Meaning 1
Used in manufacturing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
manufacturing
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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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmænjʊˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ/
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Canada, General-American: /ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ/
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Canada, General-American: [ˌmɛənjəˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ] /æ/ raising
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CMU ARPABET: M AE2 N Y AH0 F AE1 K CH ER0 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The industry in which such products are made.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of manufacture
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
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, manufacture
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: creating from raw materials
Narrower terms: formation, shaping, newspeak, prefabrication
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 製造的 /制造的 (zhìzào de) — used in manufacturing
- Finnish: tuotannollinen — used in manufacturing
- Finnish: tuotanto- — used in manufacturing
- Spanish: manufacturero — used in manufacturing
- Catalan: fabricació — create goods from materials
- Chinese Mandarin: 製造 /制造 (zhìzào) — create goods from materials
- Finnish: valmistus — create goods from materials
- Galician: fabricación — create goods from materials
- Galician: producción — create goods from materials
- Georgian: წარმოება (c̣armoeba) — create goods from materials
- German: Herstellung — create goods from materials
- German: Produktion — create goods from materials
- Hebrew: יִצּוּר — create goods from materials
- Kazakh: өндіріс (öndırıs) — create goods from materials
- Macedonian: производство (proizvodstvo) — create goods from materials
- Māori: ahumahi — create goods from materials
- Māori: whakanaonga — create goods from materials
- Portuguese: manufatura — create goods from materials
- Portuguese: fabricação — create goods from materials
- Romanian: fabricare — create goods from materials
- Russian: произво́дство (proizvódstvo) — create goods from materials
- Russian: изготовле́ние (izgotovlénije) — create goods from materials
- Spanish: fabricación — create goods from materials
- Spanish: producción — create goods from materials
- Spanish: manufacturación — create goods from materials
- Spanish: manufactura — create goods from materials
- Ukrainian: виробни́цтво (vyrobnýctvo) — create goods from materials
- Ukrainian: ви́готовлення (výhotovlennja) — create goods from materials
- Chinese Mandarin: 製造業 /制造业 (zhìzàoyè) — industry
- Finnish: teollisuus — industry
- Portuguese: manufatura — industry
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