Definitions for manual
ˈmæn yu əlman·u·al

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. manualnoun

   a small handbook

2. manual of arms, manualadjective

   (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle

3. manualadjective

   of or relating to the hands

   "manual dexterity"

4. manualadjective

   requiring human effort

   "a manual transmission"

5. manual(a)adjective

   doing or requiring physical work

   "manual labor"; "manual laborer"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Manualadjective

   Done or made by the hand. In some contexts, contrasted with automatic or mechanical.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Manualnoun

   a rare spelling variant of Manuel, sometimes considered erratic.

2. Etymology: From manuel, manuel, from manualis, from manus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Manualadjective

   Etymology: manualis, Latin; manuel, French.

   1. Performed by the hand.

   The speculative part of painting, without the assistance of manual operation, can never attain to that perfection which is its object. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   2. Used by the hand.

   The treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury, to procure some declaration under his majesty’s sign manual. Edward Hyde.

2. Manualnoun

   A small book, such as may be carried in the hand.

   This manual of laws, stiled the confessor’s laws, contains but few heads. Matthew Hale, Common Law of England.

   In those prayers which are recommended to the use of the devout persons of your church, in the manuals and offices allowed them in our own language, they would be careful to have nothing they thought scandalous. Edward Stillingfleet.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. manual

   Manual generally refers to anything done or operated by hand or physical effort rather than being automatic, computerized or powered by a machine. It can also refer to a book of instructions or guide on how to operate a particular tool, device, system, or perform a specific task, often produced by the manufacturer of the tool or device or an expert in the field.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Manualadjective

   of or pertaining to the hand; done or made by the hand; as, manual labor; the king's sign manual

2. Manualadjective

   a small book, such as may be carried in the hand, or conveniently handled; a handbook; specifically, the service book of the Roman Catholic Church

3. Manualadjective

   a keyboard of an organ or harmonium for the fingers, as distinguished from the pedals; a clavier, or set of keys

4. Manualadjective

   a prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.)

5. Etymology: [OE. manuel, F. manuel, L. manualis, fr. manus hand; prob. akin to AS. mund hand, protection, OHG. munt, G. mndel a ward, vormund guardian, Icel. mund hand. Cf. Emancipate, Legerdemain, Maintain, Manage, Manner, Manure, Mound a hill.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Manual

   A manual is a musical keyboard designed to be played with the hands, on an instrument such as a pipe organ, harpsichord, clavichord, electronic organ, or synthesizer. The term "manual" is used with regard to any hand keyboard on these instruments to distinguish it from the pedalboard, which is a keyboard that the organist plays with his or her feet. It is proper to use "manual" rather than "keyboard," then, when referring to the hand keyboards on any instrument that has a pedalboard.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Manual

   man′ū-al, adj. pertaining to the hand: done, made, or used by the hand.—n. drill in the use of weapons, &c.: a handbook: a handy compendium of a large subject or treatise: the key-board of an organ, &c.: an old office-book like the modern R.C. ritual.—adv. Man′ually.—Manual alphabet, the letters made by the deaf and dumb with the hand in conversation; Manual exercise, the exercise by which soldiers are made to handle their arms. [L. manualis—manus, the hand.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. manual

   Book of reference; as, ordnance manual, etc.

2. manual

   A prescribed exercise by means of which soldiers are taught to handle and use their weapons. The manual of arms is the exercise with the musket; the manual of the piece, the exercise with the field-gun. There are also manuals for the sabre, pistol, etc.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MANUAL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Manual is ranked #59017 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Manual surname appeared 343 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Manual.
   
   37% or 127 total occurrences were White.
   34.9% or 120 total occurrences were Black.
   15.1% or 52 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   8.7% or 30 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.6% or 9 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1.4% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Handbook

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'manual' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4118

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'manual' in Nouns Frequency: #2333

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'manual' in Adjectives Frequency: #884

Anagrams for manual »

1. alumna

How to pronounce manual?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of manual in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of manual in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of manual in a Sentence

1. Michael Haggard:

   The manufacturer in the manual says right there and then that you can not be over 287 pounds. Yet they don't provide a scale. They don't tell the ride operator you need to have a scale, if weight is in question, yet at this ride in Orlando, the FreeFall ride, they have a metal detector. So you go through a metal detector, which there's no risk of that associated with the ride, except maybe the keys could fall out and hit somebody.

2. Anna Lembke:

   Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, we can verifiably show that human connections stimulate dopamine release, which is how they are reinforcing, and anything that stimulates dopamine in the brain's reward pathway has the potential to be addictive.

3. Hisham Zaazou:

   They want to make sure there is a checklist, a manual for every airport ... what they call screening, second screening. They are reviewing all that process, it is there but they want to see if there are additional methods, additional equipment that we can get ... and we are doing that.

4. Donald Walker:

   A bigger issue is how fast do you have intelligent robotics replace manual labor everywhere in the world.

5. Oprah Winfrey:

   Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=manual
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=manual
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Manual
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=manual
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manual
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=manual
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=manual
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html