MANNER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manner mean? 

• MANNER (noun)
  The noun MANNER has 3 senses:

1. how something is done or how it happens

2. a way of acting or behaving

3. a kind

  Familiarity information: MANNER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANNER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

How something is done or how it happens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

fashion; manner; mode; style; way

Context example:

in an abrasive fashion

Hypernyms ("manner" is a kind of...):

property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manner"):

response (the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals)

wise (a way of doing or being)

signature; touch (a distinguishing style)

setup (the way something is organized or arranged)

life-style; life style; lifestyle; modus vivendi (a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes)

form (a particular mode in which something is manifested)

fit (the manner in which something fits)

drape (the manner in which fabric hangs or falls)

artistic style; idiom (the style of a particular artist or school or movement)

Derivation:

mannerly (socially correct in behavior)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A way of acting or behaving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

manner; personal manner

Hypernyms ("manner" is a kind of...):

behavior; behaviour; conduct; demeanor; demeanour; deportment ((behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manner"):

bedside manner (manner or conduct of a physician in the presence of a patient)

dandyism; foppishness (the manner and dress of a fop or dandy)

gentleness; mildness; softness (acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered)

formality; formalness (a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies)

informality (a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously)

courtesy; good manners (a courteous manner)

discourtesy; rudeness (a manner that is rude and insulting)

bearing; comportment; mien; presence (dignified manner or conduct)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A kind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

what manner of man are you?

Hypernyms ("manner" is a kind of...):

form; kind; sort; variety (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality)

 Context examples 

Their children had more modern minds and manners.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Palifermin acts in the manner similar to the endogenous keratinocyte growth factor that binds to keratinocyte growth factor receptors on the epithelial cell surface in the lining of mouth and gastrointestinal tract.

(Palifermin, NCI Thesaurus)

ORC is composed of six protein subunits and binds to the ARS Consensus Sequence (ACS) of Origins of Replication in an ATP-dependent manner.

(ORC Subunit Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Nuclear hormone receptors are transcription factors that bind DNA and regulate transcription in a ligand-dependent manner.

(Obesity and Thermogenesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

But in the central part of England there was surely some security for the existence even of a wife not beloved, in the laws of the land, and the manners of the age.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

A manner of functioning or operating.

(Performance, NCI Thesaurus)

In a similar manner to G-CSF, pegfilgrastim biosimilar LA-EP2006 binds to and activates specific cell surface receptors, stimulating neutrophil progenitor proliferation and differentiation and selected neutrophil functions.

(Pegfilgrastim Biosimilar LA-EP2006, NCI Thesaurus)

A person that is associated with another person in some manner or action.

(Partner, NCI Thesaurus)

In the alternate pathway, TAK1 also activates NF-kB through a Map kinase pathway, activating p38 and NF-kB in a nuclear translocation independent manner.

(NFKB Activation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Overexpressed in some human brain tumors, PDGFB and PDGF receptors may stimulate tumor development in an autocrine manner.

(Murine Retrovirus Containing Human PDGFB cDNA, NCI Thesaurus)