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noun
- 1. an adult male human being: "a tall man with a beard entered the restaurant" Similar
- 2. a human being of either sex; a person: "God cares for all men" Similar
verb
- 1. (of personnel) work at, run, or operate (a place or piece of equipment) or defend (a fortification): "the helpline is manned by trained staff" Similar
- 2. fortify the spirits or courage of: archaic "he manned himself with dauntless air"
exclamation
- 1. used, irrespective of the sex of the person addressed, to express surprise, admiration, delight, etc., or for emphasis: informal North American "wow, like cosmic, man"
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MAN definition: 1. an adult male human being: 2. an adult who lives and identifies as male though they may have…. Learn more.
1. a (1) : an individual human. especially : an adult male human. (2) : a man belonging to a particular category (as by birth, residence, membership, or occupation)usually used in combination. councilman. (3) : husband. I now pronounce you man and wife. (4) : lover. He was her man. b.
1. countable noun. A man is an adult male human being. He had not expected the young man to reappear before evening. ...the thousands of men, women and children who are facing starvation. Synonyms: male, guy [informal], fellow [old-fashioned], gentleman More Synonyms of man. 2. variable noun.
A man is a boy who grew up: an adult male. Man has hundreds of other meanings too, most of them guy-related. In addition to being the male equivalent of a woman, the word man has many meanings in English. Not long ago, man used to mean the same thing as people, as in humanity or mankind. Baseball teams want to get a man on base.
Man, male, gentleman are nouns referring to an adult male human being, one paradigm of gender and biological sex. Man is the most general and most commonly used of the three; it can be neutral, lacking either favorable or unfavorable implication: a wealthy man; a man of strong character, of unbridled appetites.
MAN meaning: 1 : an adult male human being; 2 : a man or boy who shows the qualities (such as strength and courage) that men are traditionally supposed to have The Britannica Dictionary mobile search Home
Definition of man noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
MAN definition: 1. an adult male human: 2. used to refer to both men and women: 3. to be present somewhere…. Learn more.
n. an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman:[ countable] The little boy had grown up to be a handsome man. Paleontology, Physical Anthropology a human being, or a person without regard to sex:[ countable] All men are created equal in the eyes of the law.
Man definition: A human or an adult male human belonging to a specific occupation, group, nationality, or other category. Often used in combination. Dictionary
