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manufacturing

manufacturing

332 3.4
The process of making things from raw materials, often in factories
  • noun
  • /ˌmænəˈfækʧərɪŋ/
translation icon : fabricación
  • The manufacturing process involves transforming raw materials into finished products in factories.
  • manufacturing processes
  • manufacturing engineering
  • design for manufacturing

Must have been like mass manufacturing facility, right?

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Examples

  • At a young age, he had apprenticed with a manufacturing company in Great Britain.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Each division had its own plants and manufacturing processes," he said.

    Academic text (2011)
  • How do we bring more manufacturing to the United States?

  • The manufacturing and research buildings are all below ground.

  • There appears to be a manufacturing error.

  • Tom Sanders heads our manufacturing department.

  • The manufacturing industry is practically on its knees.

  • And for most everyday design, engineering, and manufacturing tasks, the products truly are powerful and robust.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Sustainable forestry and circular manufacturing must be adopted.

  • With the rise of autonomous manufacturing, that number is set to explode.

Synonyms

production
vsmanufacturing
304 2.7

Making goods or services on a large scale

is narrower, referring specifically to making physical goods from raw materials in factories
manufacture
vsmanufacturing
33 3.7

Making many things using machines

is the broader process turning raw materials into goods in factories
fabrication
vsmanufacturing
  • Specialized
13 5.4

The act of making things, especially in a factory by shaping and joining materials

is focused on transforming raw materials into finished goods in factory settings
mass production
vsmanufacturing
12 3.1

Making large numbers of the same product on an assembly line

is the general process making goods from raw materials not only identical large batches
industrial process
vsmanufacturing
  • Specialized
3 3.4

A series of machine and chemical steps used to make goods in a factory

is the general process of making goods from raw materials in factories

Compounds

A large factory where goods are made using machines

A company that makes things using machines and workers

How Industrial

flowline
  • Specialized
5.6
automation
  • Specialized
33 3.3
manufacturing
332 3.4
to craft
170 3.2

Surface Forms

manufacturing singular

Morphology

manufacturing = manufacture (transparent) = manufacture + ing

Standard nominalization/gerund from the verb 'manufacture' indicating the process or activity of making goods.

Etymology

The word manufacturing comes from parts manu- 'hand' and -facture 'to make', and is like manual which also connects to the hand. Originally it meant 'made by hand', but now it usually means making goods in factories, often with machines from raw materials.