- a book that tells you how to do or operate something, especially one that comes with a machine, etc. when you buy it
- a(n) computer/car/instruction manual
- Why don’t you read the manual?
Extra Examples- According to the manual, the wires should be the other way round.
- The computer comes with a comprehensive owner's manual.
- The manual said not to use the fryer on wooden decks.
- a manual on teaching drama
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- how-to
- instruction
- instructional
- …
- come with
- check
- consult
- …
- contain something
- include something
- provide something
- …
- according to the manual
- in a/the manual
- manual for
- …
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- (British English) (North American English, informal stick shift)a vehicle with a system of gears operated by the driver using a gear lever compare automatic (2)Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French manuel, from (and later assimilated to) Latin manualis, from manus ‘hand’.
Idioms
See manual in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee manual in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishon manual
- not being operated by a machine, etc. but by hand
- Leave the controls on manual.
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