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manual

[man-yoo-uhl, -yuhl]

adjective

  1. done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device.

    a manual gearshift.

  2. involving or using human effort, skill, power, energy, etc.; physical.

    manual labor.

  3. of or relating to the hand or hands.

    manual deformities.

  4. of the nature of a manual or handbook.

    manual instructions.



noun

  1. a small book, especially one giving information or instructions.

    a manual of mathematical tables.

  2. a nonelectric or nonelectronic typewriter; a typewriter whose keys and carriage may be powered solely by the typist's hands.

  3. Military.the prescribed drill in handling a rifle.

    the manual of arms.

  4. Music.a keyboard, especially one of several belonging to a pipe organ.

  5. Automotive.manual transmission.

manual

/ ˈæʊə /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a hand or hands

  2. operated or done by hand

    manual controls

  3. physical, as opposed to mental or mechanical

    manual labour

  4. by human labour rather than automatic or computer-aided means

  5. of, relating to, or resembling a manual

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a book, esp of instructions or information

    a car manual

  2. music one of the keyboards played by hand on an organ

  3. military the prescribed drill with small arms

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • manually adverb
  • nonmanual adjective
  • unmanual adjective
  • ˈԳܲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of manual1

First recorded in 1375–1425; from Latin Գ (adjective), Գ (noun) “(something) that can be held in the hand” ( manu(s) “hand” + -ālis, -āle -al 1, -al 2 ); replacing late Middle English manuel, from Middle French, from Latin, as above
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of manual1

C15: via Old French from Latin Գ, from manus hand
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Eventually, a publisher risked a short print run and sales of the book, described once as "an assassin's manual", took off, first in the UK and then in the US.

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The effort to right the ship was a manual process, according to researchers from 38 North, a website run by the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University in the US.

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The Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana had in fact been born in the UK and had no direct connections to Islamism, though he had downloaded an academic study of an al-Qaeda manual.

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Magnotherm has built about 40 beverage coolers, and about five refrigerators, in what is so far a manual and in-house process.

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In 2018, after trying a variety of less manual roles, such as plastering and carpet fitting, he realised he could no longer hold down a job.

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