{
    "term": "manufacturing",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the business or industry of producing goods in large quantities in factories, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Many jobs in manufacturing were lost during the recession."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has established its first manufacturing base in Europe."
                },
                {
                    "text": "manufacturing industry"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He now works on the manufacturing side of the business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company set up a manufacturing operation in Lisbon."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["large-scale", "small-scale", "industrial"],
                "manufacturing + noun": ["business", "company", "enterprise"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ma/manufacturing/manufacturing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌmænjuˈfæktʃərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ma/manufacturing/manufacturing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}