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Every hour I spent on manual work, every hour I was humiliated in England or degraded has helped me because that's the same way other people feel in the townships here. People are still walking long distances and are working long hours.
Michael Sata

Meaning of "manual work" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MANUAL WORK

manual work  [ˈmænjʊəl wɜːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MANUAL WORK

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determiner
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Manual work 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 WORK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

manual work

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.

Definition of manual work in the English dictionary

The definition of manual work in the dictionary is work involving the hands, as opposed to an office job, for example.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MANUAL WORK


artwork
ˈɑːtˌwɜːk
bodywork
ˈbɒdɪˌwɜːk
clockwork
ˈklɒkˌwɜːk
coursework
ˈkɔːsˌwɜːk
fieldwork
ˈfiːldˌwɜːk
firework
ˈfaɪəˌwɜːk
framework
ˈfreɪmˌwɜːk
groundwork
ˈɡraʊndˌwɜːk
homework
ˈhəʊmˌwɜːk
housework
ˈhaʊsˌwɜːk
needlework
ˈniːdəlˌwɜːk
network
ˈnɛtˌwɜːk
paperwork
ˈpeɪpəˌwɜːk
patchwork
ˈpætʃˌwɜːk
rework
riːˈwɜːk
teamwork
ˈtiːmˌwɜːk
waxwork
ˈwæksˌwɜːk
wickerwork
ˈwɪkəˌwɜːk
woodwork
ˈwʊdˌwɜːk
work
wɜːk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MANUAL WORK

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE MANUAL WORK

all in a day´s work
at work
charity work
contract work
course work
detective work
dirty work
field work
group work
life´s work
maid of all work
neural network
office work
out of work
outside work
police work
research work
rough work
social work
voluntary work
welfare work

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

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Translation of «manual work» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MANUAL WORK

Find out the translation of manual work to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of manual work 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 work» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

手工工作
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el trabajo manual
570 millions of speakers

English

manual work
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मैनुअल काम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العمل اليدوي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ручная работа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trabalho manual
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ম্যানুয়াল কাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

travail manuel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kerja manual
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

körperliche Arbeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

手仕事
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수동 작업
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Manual karya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công việc thủ công
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கையேடு வேலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हस्तकाम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

el işi
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 робота
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lucru manual
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χειρωνακτική εργασία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

handleiding werk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

manuellt arbete
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

manuelt arbeid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of manual work

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MANUAL WORK»

The term «manual work» is regularly used and occupies the 95.951 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MANUAL WORK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «manual work» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «manual work» 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 work

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QUOTES WITH «MANUAL WORK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word manual work.
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Michael Sata
Every hour I spent on manual work, every hour I was humiliated in England or degraded has helped me because that's the same way other people feel in the townships here. People are still walking long distances and are working long hours.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MANUAL WORK»

Discover the use of manual work in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to manual work and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Work, Society, and Culture
MANUAL WORK In both theory and popular usage, manual work is distinguished from any other kind of work by its direct relation to physical nature. What the word "direct" excludes here is the human intermediary; the tools and the machines ...
Yves R. Simon, Vukan Kuic, 1986
2
Annual Report of the Public Schools of the Province of ...
System fair ; interest forced ; manual work good ; reading fair ; progress fair. " Howe Sound. — Inspected April 16th, 1902. System good; interest keen; manual work good ; reading good ; progress satisfactory. "Ladysmith (Div. I.). — Inspected ...
British Columbia. Superintendent of Education, 1809
3
Problems of Education in India
SOCIALLY USEFUL PRODUCTIVE WORK (SUPW) The concept of manual work as a tool of education was recognised long before the advent of formal education. In ancient India education was related to the life of pupils. The dichotomy ...
Ram Nath Sharma, Rajendra Kumar Sharma, 1996
4
Fitness for Work: The Medical Aspects
endovascular grafting would be expected to lead to a much more rapid recovery, with return to work in 5-7 days possible for non-manual work and 2-4 weeks for manual work. Again, multiple comorbidities are likely to be the limiting factor and  ...
Keith T Palmer, Ian Brown, John Hobson, 2013
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Fitness for Work: The Medical Aspects
endovascular grafting would be expected to lead to a much more rapid recovery, with return to work in 5-7 days possible for non-manual work and 2-4 weeks for manual work. Again, multiple comorbidities are likely to be the limiting factor and  ...
Keith T Palmer, Ian Brown, John Hobson, 2013
6
Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety: Chemical, ...
The work is done using machine power and is more static than manual work. The operator's work consists of choosing, moving and holding the machine in the right position. Many of the problems created originate from working at a low height.
Jeanne Mager Stellman, 1998
7
Skill and Occupational Change
4 Technical Change and Skilled Manual Work in Contemporary Rochdale ROGER PENN This chapter examines technical change and skilled manual work in the contemporary textile and engineering industries. It represents a contribution to ...
Roger Penn, Michael Rose, Jill Rubery, 1994
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April 1971 Current Population Survey Augmented with DOT ...
tics 07.05 .04-25 Manual Work, Wood 07.05-01 04-26 Manual Work, Paper. 07.05-02 .04-27 Manual Work, Textile, Fabric, . and Leather 07.05-03 .04-28 Manual Work, Food Processing 07.05-04 .04-29 Manual Work, Rubber .04-30 Manual ...
Patricia A. Roos, June Price, 1989
9
Research Into Practice 2/E: A Reader
The pattern of labour market participation for all women shows a concentration of them in routine non-manual work and semi- and unskilled manual work. However , there are some interesting variations between women from different ethnic ...
Abbott, Pamela, Sapsford, Roger, 1997
10
The Knowledge Management Yearbook 2000-2001
More important, the pace of the shift from manual work to knowledge work seems to be slowing considerably. Bureau of Labor and Bureau of Census projections for 1990 show roughly the same ratio of knowledge workers to manual workers ...
John A. Woods, James Cortada, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MANUAL WORK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term manual work is used in the context of the following news items.
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allAfrica.com: Ethiopia: New Trend in Banking
... low levels of technology utilization, huge reliance on manual work, and concentration on urban areas. Private banks cannot continue doing ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
Shortage of UK driving staff could bring £74bn transportation …
Over half of recruiters also say that it is a challenge finding drivers able to do manual work: another factor that dissuades young people to enter ... «Onrec, Jul 15»
3
How Audiomack Is Playing Major League Ball With Minor League …
Being quick to settle conflicts agreeably is a smart survival strategy for a small company, even though it requires a lot of manual work to remove ... «The FADER, Jul 15»
4
The beautiful migrant living next door
“But they are the ones who did the manual work and often the dangerous work.” The story of Mr Buhir, a Ukrainian migrant who toiled away at Newcastle's former ... «Perth Now, Jul 15»
5
No carbon copy
... they have, such as a weakness in maths. Hours of manual work can be done in minutes by the machine, yet the results are personalised. «ITWeb, Jul 15»
6
Martin Henry: Dom Rep repatriation crisis
... the Dominican Republic (per-capita GDP around US$5,000) supplying labour across the border for manual work at the base of the Dom Rep ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
7
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
The MGNREGA provides rural people with 100 days of unskilled manual work per year for just $3.30 a day. Wages frequently are not paid on ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jul 15»
8
A New Cross-Channel Frontier: Attribution
So inside the agency or on the marketer's desk, there is still a lot of cross-referencing and manual work to create the full picture. That cobbled ... «Marketing Land, Jul 15»
9
The 3-D printed food revolution
The Foodini is billed as a way to prepare delicious homemade ravioli, although there's still manual work involved. But it does come with a ... «Business Spectator, Jul 15»
10
Responding to the global economic challenge
... while low-skilled manual work largely belonged to Third World countries. During the overseas employment boom in the Middle East back in ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»

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