manufacture

1. The organized action of making of goods and services for sale (synset 100925258)
   "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"
   associated with:

   • point system - a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules
   • industry - the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
   • privatise, privatize - change from governmental to private control or ownership
   • rat - employ scabs or strike breakers in
   is a type of: business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
   subtypes:

   • cottage industry - small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment
   • production - (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale
   • industrial enterprise, industrialisation, industrialization - the development of industry on an extensive scale
   same as: industry
2. The act of making something (a product) from raw materials (synset 100926639)
   "the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals"; "an improvement in the manufacture of explosives"; "manufacturing is vital to Great Britain"
   is a type of: creating from raw materials - the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it
   subtypes:

   • formation, shaping - the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
   • newspeak - deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead and manipulate the public
   • prefabrication - the manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site
   same as: fabrication, manufacturing

1. Put together out of artificial or natural components or parts (synset 201656984)
   "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; "He manufactured a popular cereal"
   is a type of: make - make by shaping or bringing together constituents
   subtypes:

   • mass-produce - produce on a large scale
   • raft - make into a raft
   same as: construct, fabricate
2. Concoct something artificial or untrue (synset 201637966)
   is a type of: concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up - devise or invent
   subtypes:

   • mythologise, mythologize - construct a myth
   • confabulate - unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
   • concoct, trump up - invent
   • spin - make up a story
   • vamp, vamp up - make up
   same as: cook up, fabricate, invent, make up
3. Produce naturally (synset 201762726)
   "this gland manufactures a specific substance only"
   is a type of: bring forth, produce - bring forth or yield
4. Create or produce in a mechanical way (synset 201762540)
   "This novelist has been manufacturing his books following his initial success"
   is a type of: create, make - make or cause to be or to become

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