manufacture

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
  2. noun the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
  3. verb put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; ; ; He manufactured a popular cereal"

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.

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Synonyms

industry

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