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manning

Man·ning
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [man-ing]
    • /ˈmæn ɪŋ/
    • /ˈmænɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [man-ing]
    • /ˈmæn ɪŋ/

Definitions of manning word

  • noun manning Henry Edward, 1808–92, English prelate and ecclesiastical writer: cardinal 1875–92. 1
  • noun plural manning an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman. 1
  • noun plural manning a member of the species Homo sapiens or all the members of this species collectively, without regard to sex: prehistoric man. 1
  • noun plural manning the human individual as representing the species, without reference to sex; the human race; humankind: Man hopes for peace, but prepares for war. 1
  • noun plural manning a human being; person: to give a man a chance; When the audience smelled the smoke, it was every man for himself. 1
  • noun plural manning a husband. 1

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Origin of manning

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English man(n); cognate with German Mann, Dutch man, Old Norse mathr, Gothic manna; (v.) Middle English mannen, Old English mannian to garrison

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Parts of speech for Manning

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

manning popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

manning usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for manning

verb manning

  • gear — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
  • prepare — to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
  • supply — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
  • provide — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
  • set up — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.

Antonyms for manning

verb manning

  • disrobe — Take off one's clothes.
  • take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • unclothe — to strip of clothes.

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