man
IPA: mˈæn
noun
- An adult male human.
- (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.
- A human, a person regardless of gender or sex, usually an adult. (See usage notes.)
- (collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. (Sometimes capitalized as Man.)
- (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens.
- A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.
- An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.
- (uncountable, obsolete, uncommon) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.
- A husband.
- A male lover; a boyfriend.
- A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
- A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.)
- A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.
- A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.
- An adult male servant.
- (historical) A vassal; a subject.
- A piece or token used in board games such as backgammon.
- A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste.
- A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males.
- (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.
- (computing) A command used to display help pages in Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
- The genus Homo.
- (poetic) Humankind in general.
- The Isle of Man; an island and crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea.
- A surname from Chinese.
- Abbreviation of Manitoba. [A province in Western Canada.]
- Abbreviation of Manchester (especially in football) [A major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England.]
- (computing) Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network (a large computer network usually spanning a city)
verb
- (transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
- (transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
- (reflexive, possibly dated) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.)
- (transitive, obsolete) To wait on, attend to or escort.
- (transitive, obsolete, chiefly falconry) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.
adjective
- Only used in man enough
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Examples of "man" in Sentences
- The man was a estimable person.
- The people chided the young man.
- The man was an abstemious person.
- The man ennobled innocent people.
- The man's acuity surprised people.
- The man alloted the funds to the people.
- The man swaggers in front of the people.
- Silhouette of person on the left is a man.
- The man was supposed to demobilize the people.
- The person was emasculated by the man in black.
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