manned
/mænd/
manned adjective: operated by, performed by, or transporting a person; crewed; piloted; staffed. Also the simple past and past participle of man.
Adjective
manned (not comparable)
- Operated by, performed by, or transporting a person; crewed; piloted; staffed.
- At Putney Bridge the train description transmissions for eastbound trains must be originated as there is no manned signal cabin on the London Transport system beyond this point; [...].1960 December, “More L.T. progress with programme machines”, in Trains Illustrated, page 758
Also used as
manned is also the simple past and past participle of man.
Examples of manned in a sentence
- We will be replacing some manned tolls with high-speed device readers.
- For now, it is technically impossible to have a manned flight to Mercury.
- For now, it is technologically impossible to have a manned flight to Mercury.
Antonyms of manned
Words formed from manned
Phrases with manned
Words that rhyme with manned
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- outstand
- overhand
- bestand
- gland
- secondhand
- unscanned
- disband
- grand
- offhand
- unmanned
- unplanned
- aband
- aland
- fanned
- firsthand
- lotus land
- lotusland
- misbrand
- planned
- redemand
- reland
- repand
- scanned
- shand
- tanned
- thirdhand
- withstand
- 2ndhand
- astrand
- at second hand
- banned
- counterdemand
- desand
- fand
- grande
- haircut band
- hand
- interstrand
- misunderstand
- multiplicand
- nonbrand
- operand
- overmanned
- overplanned
- panned
- preplanned
- rebrand
- replanned
Questions about manned
- What does manned mean?
- Manned means operated by, performed by, or transporting a person; crewed; piloted; staffed.
- What part of speech is manned?
- Manned is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce manned?
- Manned is pronounced /mænd/.
Words near manned in the dictionary
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