man
Pronunciation
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- (countable) A man is a male human.
- He was a young man with blue eyes.
- Two men waited at the bus stop.
- The old man smiled at the child.
- Four men carried the heavy box upstairs.
- (uncountable) Human beings of either sex; People.
- Man landed on the Moon in 1969.
- Early man painted pictures on cave walls.
- Has man changed the climate of the Earth?
- Do you think man will live on Mars one day?
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- You use man to show your surprise or disappointment.
- Oh man, I wanted to do the dishes!
Verb
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- (transitive) If something is manned, it has people to look after it.
- The ship was manned with a small crew.
- (transitive) If you man something, you take up position to operate it.
- Man the machine guns!
