manufacturing

«manufacturing» in Mova's school dictionary: The business or industry of making goods in large numbers… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (manufacturing — uncountable); verb form (manufacture, manufactures, manufactured, manufacturing)

meaning for a pupil

1) The business or industry of making goods in large numbers in factories. tree →

2) (verb form) Making things in a factory (they are manufacturing phones). tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography: manufacturing is one kind of industry, with farming and services. Towns grew around manufacturing. In maths problems: manufacturing costs and output per hour. Phrases: manufacturing industry, manufacturing plant, car manufacturing.

examples

• Manufacturing gives jobs to many people in the town. tree →
• The factory is manufacturing new electric cars. tree →
• Car manufacturing uses lots of robots. tree →
• Steel is used in manufacturing. tree →
• Manufacturing a phone takes many different parts. tree →
• If manufacturing one chair costs 20 dollars, 6 chairs cost 120 dollars. tree →

note

As an industry it is uncountable. Related: manufacture (verb), manufacturer (company), manufactured (made). Root "manu-" means hand, from when things were made by hand.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «manufacturing» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.