manufacture

From Wiktionary

Pronunciation[change]

  • (US) IPA (key): /ˌmænjuˈfækt͡ʃɚ/ or /ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃɚ/ or /ˌmænəˈfækt͡ʃɚ/
  • (UK) IPA (key): /ˌmanjʊˈfaktʃə/ or /ˌmanjəˈfaktʃə/ or /ˌmanəˈfaktʃə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: man‧u‧fac‧ture

Verb[change]

Plain form
manufacture

Third-person singular
manufactures

Past tense
manufactured

Past participle
manufactured

Present participle
manufacturing

  1. If you manufacture something, you make it, usually in a factory.
    The goods were manufactured in China and shipped to Canada for sale.

Noun[change]

Singular
manufacture

Plural
none

  1. (uncountable) Manufacture is the process of making something.
    The company specializes in the manufacture of small industrial motors.

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