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Meaning of "manual labour" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MANUAL LABOUR

manual labour  [ˈmænjʊəl ˈleɪbə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MANUAL LABOUR

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Manual labour is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MANUAL LABOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

manual labour

Manual labour

Manual labour or manual work is physical work done by people, most especially in contrast to that done by machines, and also to that done by working animals. It is most literally work done with the hands, and, by figurative extension, it is work done with any of the muscles and bones of the body. For most of human prehistory and history, manual labour and its close cousin, animal labour, have been the primary ways that physical work has been accomplished. Mechanisation and automation, which reduce the need for human and animal labour in production, have existed for centuries, but it was only starting in the 19th century that they began to significantly expand and to change human culture. To be implemented, they require that sufficient technology exist and that its capital costs be justified by the amount of future wages that they will obviate. Although nearly any work can potentially have skill and intelligence applied to it, many jobs that mostly comprise manual labour—such as fruit and vegetable picking, manual materials handling, manual digging, or manual assembly of parts—often may be done successfully by unskilled or semiskilled workers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MANUAL LABOUR


antilabor
ˌæntɪˈleɪbə
belabour
bɪˈleɪbə
caber
ˈkeɪbə
ceiba
ˈseɪbə
kebar
ˈkeɪbə
labor
ˈleɪbə
labour
ˈleɪbə
labours
ˈleɪbə
Makeba
məˈkeɪbə
neighbor
ˈneɪbə
neighbour
ˈneɪbə
nonlabor
ˌnɒnˈleɪbə
overlabor
ˌəʊvəˈleɪbə
overlabour
ˌəʊvəˈleɪbə
prolabor
prəʊˈleɪbə
saber
ˈseɪbə
sabre
ˈseɪbə
tabor
ˈteɪbə
weber
ˈveɪbə
zeitgeber
ˈtsaɪtˌɡeɪbə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MANUAL LABOUR

manu-service
manual
manual labourer
manual typewriter
manual work
manual worker
manually
manubria
manubrial
manubrium
Manuel I
manuf.
manufac.
manufactories
manufactory
manufacturable
manufactural
manufacture
manufactured goods
manufacturer

WORDS THAT END LIKE MANUAL LABOUR

aesthetic labour
bonded labour
casual labour
child labour
direct labour
division of labour
emotional labour
forced labour
free labour
harbour
hard labour
immigrant labour
indirect labour
lump labour
New Labour
next door neighbour
organized labour
skilled labour
slave labour
sweated labour

Synonyms and antonyms of manual labour in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «manual labour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MANUAL LABOUR

Find out the translation of manual labour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of manual labour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «manual labour» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

体力劳动
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trabajo manual
570 millions of speakers

English

manual labour
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शारीरिक श्रम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العمل اليدوي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ручной труд
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trabalho manual
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কায়িক শ্রম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

travail manuel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buruh manual
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Handarbeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

肉体労働
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

육체 노동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Manual labor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thủ công
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உழைப்பு உழைப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानवी श्रम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

el emeği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lavoro manuale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Instrukcja pracy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ручна праця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

muncă manuală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χειρωνακτική εργασία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

handearbeid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

manuell arbetskraft
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

manuell arbeidskraft
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of manual labour

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MANUAL LABOUR»

The term «manual labour» is normally little used and occupies the 109.784 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MANUAL LABOUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «manual labour» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «manual labour» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about manual labour

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2 QUOTES WITH «MANUAL LABOUR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word manual labour.
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Jacqueline Bisset
I love being in my garden. I don't plant a lot of exotic flora, but I do spend a lot of time outside doing manual labour.
2
James Spader
Acting is a great way to make a living, especially when I consider what my alternatives were and probably still are. I mean, you are only making movies. It is a lot less pressure than being a surgeon; although it seemed like the only other thing that I was qualified for was manual labour.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MANUAL LABOUR»

Discover the use of manual labour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to manual labour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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General Report on the Wages of the Manual Labour Classes in ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Great Britain Board of Trade, 2011
2
Manual Labour School: Address on the Subject of a Manual ...
Address on the Subject of a Manual Labour School John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe. It must be apparent then, that the field for benevolent action for which the manual labour school is intended has not yet been occupied, that it is a most ...
John Hazlehurst Boneval Latrobe, 1840
3
A dictionary of the Bengalee language: in which the words ...
(from 51W, manual labour, 1115 :5“ caused by», caused by or arising from manual bbvul“ handicraft work; ad. from or because of manualbh'l or handicraft work. h i l i fngwaffant, ad, (from Plasma, moprral 11501"? M M wit/nut). without or  ...
William Carey, 1825
4
A Dictionary of the Bengala Language: In which the Words are ...
(from f*fg, the mechanical arts, and JWfl, a zcorlc , manual labour, handicraft work . m^pjjrfjjjM*, a. (from f^*^, mechanical work, and means), effected by means of mechanical or handicraft labour; ad. by means of mechanical or handicraft work.
William Carey, 1825
5
Population Theories and Their Economic Interpretation
Given an increased demand for non-manual labour relative to manual, a continued fall in the relative remuneration of non-manual labour is one indication that the supply of non-manual labour has increased proportionately more than demand ...
Sydney H. Coontz, 2013
6
Organization Theory and Class Analysis: New Approaches and ...
Throughout I have used the term "material" and not "manual" labour. ... of physical energy (manual labour) and expenditure of mental energy, or between blue-collar and white-collar work, or between other similarly dubious categories. But it is ...
Stewart Clegg, 1990
7
Education Reform and Social Class in Japan
With the generation born between 1926 and 1935, graduates of middle schools ( or old-system elementary schools) from agricultural and manual labour households drew about even. Among the generation born between 1936 and 1945, ...
Takehiko Kariya, Michael Burtscher, 2013
8
The Chaebol and Labour in Korea: The Development of ...
Daily work tasks were assigned by Chung through a hierarchy comprised of engineers, foremen and skilled and unskilled labour. The foremen's experience and practical skills were critical given HECC's dependence on manual labour and ...
Sŭng-ho Kwŏn, Seung-Ho Kwon, Michael O'Donnell, 2001
9
Pond Construction for Freshwater Fish Culture: Pond-farm ...
If you have decided to construct your fish farm yourseIf, you have two choices of ways to proceed: • either using manual labour only; or • using machinery in part and using manual labour in part. 2. The choice largely depends upon the size of  ...
James F. Muir, 1992
10
Inside the Transforming Urban Asia: Processes, Policies, and ...
Male employment in the metropolitan economy is largely in manual labour type of jobs closely followed by clerical type of jobs. That is the case in the whole urban economy. The proportion of males employed in manual labour type of jobs is ...
Darshini Mahadevia, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MANUAL LABOUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term manual labour is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Statesman: Dead walks alive to reap rural job largesse
Norms of the labour intensive programme were also flagrantly violated in several villages with machine found to be doing manual labour, ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
2
Panasonic will soon sell robotic super-suits | The New Daily
Manual labour could be about to get so much cooler. Photo: Panasonic. The Panasonic suit will weigh just over five kilograms, attach to the ... «The New Daily, Jul 15»
3
Mosquito monitoring continues - Westman Journal
Manual labour is required to put it onto the surface of the water so it can essentially suffocate the larvae.” With the level 10 reading, the city has ... «Westman Journal, Jul 15»
4
Archaeologists plan to excavate Eastbourne burial site of hundreds …
... height in the UK of 1.77m - they showed signs of early age osteoarthritis, indicating that hard manual labour was a common part of their lives. «Culture24, Jul 15»
5
Bright future for citrus thanks to citrus wash-line - FreshPlaza
There's still a lot of manual labour involved. In addition, there are various sizes within citrus, which means the machine's capacity can vary a lot. «FreshPlaza, Jul 15»
6
Life for young Greek men is completely in limbo - Telegraph
Unlike the migration waves out of Greece in the '50s and '60s, those leaving the country now aren't people looking for manual labour. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Legend of Calcio: Gunnar Nordahl | Forza Italian Football
Long hours of manual labour did not deter him from visiting the pitch regularly, and his undeniable potential was quickly realized by local club ... «Forza Italian Football, Jul 15»
8
The beautiful migrant living next door
Like many migrants of his era, Mr Buhir worked in various manual labour jobs after arriving in Australia aboard the famous Fairsea migrant ship in the early ... «Perth Now, Jul 15»
9
Canberra curse: public servants' routine a risk to their back health
... biggest category of claims were made for body stressing injuries even though public servants were often not doing regular manual labour. «The Canberra Times, Jul 15»
10
Labour accuse Alex Salmond of Qatar 'schmoozing'
... drafted in March 2014, a passage titled “labour market concerns” refers to a “significant reliance on manual labour from poorer countries” in ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Manual labour [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/manual-labour>. Apr 2024 ».
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