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  • 1manual worker — ➔ worker * * * manual worker UK US noun [C] ► HR, WORKPLACE a person whose job involves physical work: »a skilled/unskilled manual worker …

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  • 2manual worker — noun (C) someone whose work involves using their hands rather than their mind manual work noun (U) …

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  • 3worker — work‧er [ˈwɜːkə ǁ ˈwɜːrkər] noun [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES one of the people who work for an organization or business, and are below the level of manager: • There are new health and safety regulations for factory workers. • Many office workers… …

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  • 4manual — ► ADJECTIVE 1) made or worked with the hands. 2) using or working with the hands: a manual worker. ► NOUN 1) a book giving instructions or information. 2) an organ keyboard played with the hands not the feet. DERIVATIVES manually …

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  • 5manual — ▪ I. manual man‧u‧al 1 [ˈmænjuəl] adjective 1. using your hands and your physical strength or abilities, rather than your mind: • He did all kinds of manual work. • A shortage of manual labor (= people who do manual work ) is keeping wages and… …

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  • 6worker — noun (C) 1 one of the people who work for an organization, business etc and are below the level of a manager: factory/farm/office etc worker: new health and safety regulations for factory workers | skilled/unskilled worker (=someone who has or… …

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  • 7manual — I UK [ˈmænjʊəl] / US [ˈmænjuəl] noun [countable] Word forms manual : singular manual plural manuals ** a book containing instructions for doing something, especially for operating a machine an instruction/operating manual II UK [ˈmænjʊəl] / US… …

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  • 8manual — man|u|al1 [ mænjuəl ] noun count ** a book containing instructions for doing something, especially for operating a machine: an instruction/operating manual manual man|u|al 2 [ mænjuəl ] adjective * 1. ) involving the use of your hands: manual… …

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  • 9worker — worker, workman, workingman, laborer, craftsman, handicraftsman, mechanic, artisan, hand, operative, roustabout can all mean one who earns his living by labor, especially by manual labor. Worker, the most comprehensive and least specific of these …

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  • 10Manual handling — of loads (MHL), manual material handling (MMH) or manutention (in Australia[1]) involves the use of the human body to lift, lower, fill, empty, or carry loads.[2] The load can be animate (a person or animal) or inanimate (an object). Most… …

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