different between manufacture vs perform

English

Etymology

From Middle French manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin man?fact?ra (“a making by hand”), from manufactus, a compound of manu factus, man? being ablative of manus (“hand”), and factus past participle of faci? (“I do, make”). (compare main, manual, facture.)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mænj??fækt??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mænju?fækt??/
• Hyphenation: man?u?fac?ture
• Rhymes: -ækt??(?)

Noun

manufacture (plural manufactures)

1. The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
2. Anything made, formed or produced; product.
   • 1727, Jonathan Swift, A Short View of the State of Ireland

     The roads [are] crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures.

3. (figuratively) The process of such production; generation, creation.
   • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

     Our lawgivers take special pride in the ever active manufacture of new bills and laws.

4. (horology) A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.

Derived terms

• manufactural
• manufacture of consent

Related terms

• manufact
• manufactory

Translations

Verb

manufacture (third-person singular simple present manufactures, present participle manufacturing, simple past and past participle manufactured)

1. To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.
2. (transitive) To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.

   to manufacture wool into blankets

3. (derogatory) To fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.

Related terms

• manufacturer

Translations

References

• manufacture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “manufacture”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000

French

Etymology

From Latin manu factura "making by hand"; from manus "hand" + factura "making", from facere "make".

Noun

manufacture f (plural manufactures)

1. factory

Further reading

• “manufacture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Alternative forms

• manifacture

Etymology

Italian manufactura, from Medieval Latin manufactura.

Noun

manufacture f (plural manufactures)

1. creation; manufacture

References

• “manufacture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (manufacture)

Spanish

Verb

manufacture

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of manufacturar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of manufacturar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of manufacturar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of manufacturar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English performen, parfournen (“to perform”), from Anglo-Norman performer, parfourmer, alteration of Old French parfornir, parfurnir (“to complete, accomplish, perform”), from par- + fornir, furnir (“to accomplish, furnish”), from Frankish *frumjan (“to accomplish, furnish”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjan?, *framjan? (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“in front, forth”), *per- (“forward, out”). Cognate with Old High German frummen (“to do, execute, accomplish, provide”), Old Saxon frummian (“to perform, promote”), Old English fremman (“to perform, execute, carry out, accomplish”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (frumjan, “to promote, accomplish”). See also frame, from.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??f??m/, enPR: p?r-fôrm?
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??f??m/, enPR: p?r-fôrm?
• Rhymes: -??(?)m
• Hyphenation: per?form

Verb

perform (third-person singular simple present performs, present participle performing, simple past and past participle performed)

1. (transitive) To do (something); to execute.
2. (intransitive) To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.

3. (law) To act in a way set forth in a contract.
   1. (transitive) To act in accordance with (a contract); to fulfill one’s terms of (a contract).

   2. (intransitive) To fulfill contractually agreed-to terms.

4. (transitive, intransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
5. (by extension, transitive) To behave theatrically so as to give the impression of (a quality, character trait, etc.); to feign.
6. (social sciences) Of a social actor, to behave in certain ways.
   1. (transitive) To behave in accordance with, and thereby in turn shape, (a social notion or role).

   2. (intransitive) To behave in ways that carry meaning in social contexts.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• perform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• perform in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• perform at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• preform