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# manufacture

«manufacture» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make goods in large numbers, usually in a factory with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (manufacture, manufactures, manufactured, manufacturing); noun (manufacture, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To manufacture means to make goods in large numbers, usually in a factory with machines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manufacture/#m1)

2) (noun) Manufacture is the making of goods: "the manufacture of cars". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manufacture/#m2)

3) To manufacture an excuse or a story means to invent it, especially a false one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manufacture/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths problems factories manufacture a number of items each hour or day, so total = rate × time. In science and design lessons, materials are chosen for manufacture. In everyday life "date of manufacture" on packaging tells when something was made. Phrases: manufactured goods, manufacturing industry, the manufacture of, manufacture an excuse.

### examples

- The factory manufactures 500 bikes a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manufacture/#x1)
- If a machine manufactures 40 toys an hour, it makes 320 toys in 8 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manufacture/#x2)
- Cars are manufactured in many countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manufacture/#x3)
- The manufacture of paper uses lots of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manufacture/#x4)
- He manufactured an excuse for being late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manufacture/#x5)
- This phone was manufactured in Korea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manufacture/#x6)
- Manufacturing jobs are found in big towns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manufacture/#x7)
- And now the Emperor himself wished to see the costly manufacture, while it was still in the loom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manufacture/#x8)

### note

Noun for the company: manufacturer. Pronounced "man-yoo-FAK-cher". From Latin "made by hand", though now done mostly by machines. In maths, manufacturing problems are usually about rates: so many per hour or per day.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «manufacture» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manufacture/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.