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nonmanufacturing

nonmanufacturing

6.1
Relating to services and jobs that do not make goods in factories
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒnˈmæn.jʊˌfæk.tʃər.ɪŋ/
translation icon : no manufacturero
  • The company expanded into nonmanufacturing sectors such as finance and consulting.

Examples

  • Many jobs in the nonmanufacturing industries require strong communication skills.

  • Government policies are encouraging growth in nonmanufacturing areas of the economy.

  • The nonmanufacturing sector is growing rapidly.

  • Many jobs are found in nonmanufacturing industries.

  • Many jobs in the nonmanufacturing industries require strong communication skills.

  • Government policies are encouraging growth in nonmanufacturing areas of the economy.

  • The company expanded into nonmanufacturing sectors such as finance and consulting.

Synonyms

nonindustrial
vsnonmanufacturing
5.5

A community without large factories or heavy manufacturing

focuses specifically on sectors that do not produce goods in factories

Antonyms

manufacturing
332 3.4

The process of making things from raw materials, often in factories

How Manufacturing

manufacturing
332 3.4
industrial
520 3.2
to service
43 3.4
nonmanufacturing
6.1

Surface Forms

nonmanufacturing positive

Morphology

nonmanufacturing = manufacturing (transparent) = non + manufacture + ing

The word is transparently formed by adding the negative prefix 'non-' to 'manufacturing'.

Etymology

The word nonmanufacturing comes from non- meaning 'not' and manufacture meaning 'to make', the same root as manual, which means 'hand'. So nonmanufacturing describes industries or activities that are 'not' about making goods in factories but about services and other kinds of work.