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- pronunciation:
- maen
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faek
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- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Builder, Word Explorer, Word Parts
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verb |
| inflections: |
manufactures, manufacturing, manufactured |
| definition 1: |
to make by machine in a large quantity.
This factory manufactures car parts.- similar words:
- assemble, build, construct, make, mill, process, produce
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| definition 2: |
to invent; make up.
We had to manufacture a good excuse for being late.- synonyms:
- concoct, invent
- similar words:
- contrive, create, devise, produce
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| related words: |
form, prepare |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
the making of goods on a large scale.
Switzerland is famous for the manufacture of chocolate.- synonyms:
- mass production
- similar words:
- construction, creation, formation, production
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| derivations: |
manufacturable (adj.), manufacturer (n.) |
Word Builder: manufacture +
The word manufacture
contains the following parts:
fac, fic, fec, fact, fect
Latin
root
that means make, do
  More about this word part:
This root is also the origin of the suffixes "-fy, -ify, -efy" and "-ification, -efaction".
Example words:
affect, affection, artificial, beneficial, benefit, deficient, effect, efficient, fact, factory, fiction, infect, manufacture, sacrifice, satisfaction, satisfactory, significant, sufficient
man, mani, manu, main
Latin
root
that means hand
Example words:
emancipate, maintain, maintenance, manage, manager, mandate, maneuver, manicure, manual, manufacture, manuscript
-ure
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act or process of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ure
attaches to Latin verb roots and English verbs.
Example words:
acupuncture, adventure, agriculture, aquaculture, capture, composure, enclosure, exposure, failure, figure, fixture, fracture, lecture, legislature, literature, manufacture, miniature, picture, posture, pressure, procedure, rapture, rupture, Scripture, seizure, structure, texture, torture
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