Meaning

9 senses
  1. A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.

    History has shown that, even without cheap labor, factories run perfectly well.

    Fabrik, Manufaktur, Werk

    фа́брикаfábrika, заво́дzavód, комбина́тkombinát

    фа́брикаfábryka, заво́дzavód

  2. (UK, slang)A police station.

  3. A device or process that produces or manufactures something.

  4. A factory farm.

    chicken factory; pig factory

    факто́рияfaktórija

  5. In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.

  6. (attributive)The original state of an electronic device, as it was when it came from the manufacturer.

    factory settings; factory defaults; a factory reset

  7. (historical)A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.

  8. (Scotland, archaic)The position or state of being a factor.

  9. (obsolete)An invoice or inventory.

More definitions
  • a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing

Examples

499 sentences
  1. My father works in a factory.

    Мій батько працює на фабриці.

    ruМой отец работает на заводе.

    deMein Vater arbeitet in der Fabrik.

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  2. Tom works in a car factory.

    Том працює на автомобільній фарбиці.

    deTom arbeitet in einer Autofabrik.

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  3. They decided to shut down the factory.

    Вони вирішили закрити завод.

    ruОни решили закрыть завод.

    deEs wurde beschlossen, die Fabrik zu schließen.

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  4. The factory is running at full capacity.

    Завод працює на повну потужність.

    ruЗавод работает на полной мощности.

    deDie Fabrik läuft unter Volllast.

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  5. He doesn't want to work in a factory.

    Він не хоче працювати на фабриці.

    ruОн не хочет работать на фабрике.

    deEr will nicht in einer Fabrik arbeiten.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
manufacturing place:
Русский
By meaning 2
manufacturing place:
colonial-era trading post operated by merchants in a foreign port:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
manufacturing place:

Origin

Probably from factor + -y, although in noun sense 1 (“a place where manufacturing takes pl

Probably from factor + -y, although in noun sense 1 (“a place where manufacturing takes place”) apparently influenced strongly by association with Classical Latin fact-, the past participial stem of faciō (“to make”); compare manufactory and Latin factōrium (“an oil press”). In noun sense 8 (“a trading establishment”), originally after Portuguese feitoria. In noun sense 9 (“an invoice or inventory”), probably after obsolete Dutch facture (“bill”); see facture.

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