mass-produce

verb

mass-pro·​duce ˌmas-prə-ˈdüs How to pronounce mass-produce (audio)
-ˈdyüs
mass-produced; mass-producing; mass-produces

transitive verb

: to produce in quantity usually by machinery

Examples of mass-produce in a Sentence

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Most attempts to mass-produce spider silk over the centuries have failed. William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 View 10 Images View gallery - 10 images Honda doesn't just want to power future vehicles with solid-state batteries; the company wants to develop and ultimately mass-produce the batteries itself. New Atlas, 25 Nov. 2024 Furniture over the last 100 years has been mass-produced, while anything antique was made by hand. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024 The bricks are designed to be mass-produced to drive down costs for power plants. Steven Levy, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mass-produce 

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from mass production

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mass-produce was in 1923

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“Mass-produce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mass-produce. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.

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mass-produce

verb
mass-pro·​duce
ˌmas-prə-ˈd(y)üs
: to produce in quantity usually by machinery
mass production noun
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