manufacturing
USman-yuh-FAK-chur-ing/ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ/UKman-yuu-FAK-chur-ing/ˌmænjʊˈfækt͡ʃəɹɪŋ/
- 1Making goods in factories, usually in large numbers, or the industry that does this.
Like turning flour and eggs into bread, but for things like cars and phones.
Manufacturing turns raw wood and metal into useful goods.
Cheap manufacturing in large factories made these toys affordable.
UsageSay work in manufacturing.
- 2Relating to or used in the making of goods in factories.
The new manufacturing plant will create hundreds of jobs.
Workers must wear helmets on the manufacturing floor.
UsageUse it before a noun: manufacturing plant, manufacturing jobs.
Similarindustrial
- 3Present participle of manufacture. Use this form for an action in progress, often after "is" or "are".
The factory is manufacturing new engines this week.
They are manufacturing parts for electric cars.
Note
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manufacturing 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 → manufacturing: drop the e, add -ing
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