manual

«manual» in Mova's school dictionary: done by hand or by a person's effort, not by a machine:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective; noun (a manual, manuals)

meaning for a pupil

1) Manual means done by hand or by a person's effort, not by a machine: «manual work». tree →

2) A manual is a book of instructions telling you how to use or fix something. tree →

3) A manual car has gears the driver changes by hand (called a «stick shift» in the US). tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life (instruction manual, manual labour), school (manual skills, handwriting), and cars. Phrases: «user manual», «manual work», «manual override».

examples

• Read the manual before using the drill. tree →
• Building a wall is hard manual work. tree →
• Dad drives a manual car. tree →
• The game came with a thin manual. tree →
• You can switch the camera to manual mode. tree →
• Farm work used to be mostly manual. tree →

note

Adverb: manually (done by hand). Opposite: automatic. «Manual» comes from Latin «hand».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «manual» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.