Dictionary

manualize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæn.j(u)əlaɪz/

Etymology

Etymology tree English manual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English manualize From manual + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make manual
   • There is no mystery, nothing intellectual. Even the calculator, in a sense, manualizes the intellectual and wristwatches are manual things. 1998, Paul Dowling, The sociology of mathematics education: mathematical myths, pedagogic texts:
2. (transitive) To turn a process, method, or body of knowledge into a manual
   • The editors asked me to talk about any ways in which TFT could be regarded as a manual. In my understanding, a manual is a material providing instructions on how to do something, like the first aid manual, or on how to use something, like the car owner's manual. Bearing this understanding in mind, I felt stuck, thinking it would be an inconsistency to manualize a process which is intended to minimize instruction. 2022, Handbook of Systemic Approaches to Psychotherapy Manuals, page 551:
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To use the hands

Forms

Deriveds

manualization

Translations (2)

fr manualiser (to make manual) · fr manualiser (to turn a process, method, or body of knowledge into a manual)