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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A philosophy of education for the deaf, emphasizing visual sign language using the hands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: sign language
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The art of playing music by squeezing air through the hands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
The practice of producing manuals, or instruction books, to train the Roman Catholic clergy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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History
Etymology tree English manual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English manualism From manual + -ism.
