manufactured
- 1Simple past and past participle of manufacture. Use this form for something that was made in the past.
The factory manufactured thousands of toys last year.
These parts were manufactured in another country.
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- 2Made by people or machines, not formed by nature.
Like a plastic flower instead of one grown in a garden.
The lake is manufactured, dug out and filled by workers.
Many manufactured fibers feel different from natural cotton.
Similarartificial, synthetic, man-made, prefabricated
Oppositenatural
- 3Made up or faked on purpose, not real or honest.
Like fake tears in a movie that nobody really means.
Her manufactured smile didn't fool anyone at the party.
The whole argument felt manufactured, started just to pick a fight.
Similarcontrived, staged, fabricated, artificial, fake
Oppositegenuine, spontaneous, authentic
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manufactured is a form of manufacture
manufacture, verb: To make goods in large amounts using machines or workers. Full entry
- Forms
- manufacturemanufactures he/she/itmanufacturing -ing formmanufactured past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- manufacture → manufactured: add -d
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