Man Person Male Thing Young I Mæn Women

• a good-looking young man
• the relationships between men and women
• the men's team/game/race/doubles/singles/event
• the board of directors is dominated by middle-aged white men.

man

1. an adult male human
• SEE ALSO best man
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/best-man
• a good-looking young man
• the relationships between men and women
• the men's team/game/race/doubles/singles/event
• The board of directors is dominated by middle-aged white men.
• He was one of the great men of history.
• Four armed men burst into the room.
• An elderly Indian man sat down beside me and recounted his story.
• He is an average working man trying to make ends meet.

Extra Examples

• The men's team won their third gold medal last year.
• the man in charge of the project
• Is Jim Carrey the funniest man on earth?
• He walked out of court a free man.
• He was a lucky man to have found such a partner.
• He was a self-made man who raised himself from poverty to success.
• Mr Locke is a man of means who owns a vast business empire.
• I was helped by two burly men with tattoos.
• Over 150 men, women and children were killed.
• Several people made speeches in honour of the great man.
• Vincente is a wanted man back in his own country.
• What a horrible man!
• the first man on the moon
• men in grey suits
• a little old man
• a middle-aged, balding man
• Only the dead man's young son knows what happened.
2. humans as a group, both male and female
• the damage caused by man to the environment
• The common man (= ordinary people) is losing faith in democratic institutions.

Extra Examples

• In man the brain is highly developed.
• the most poisonous substance known to man
• It's a powerful indictment of the horrors of war and man's inhumanity to man.
• The working man wants more and better jobs.
3. a person, either male or female
• All men must die.
• How could a human torture his fellow man?
• While no man is an island, we do function independently for the most part.
4. humans from a particular period of history
• early/modern/Prehistoric man
5. a man who comes from the place mentioned or whose job or interest is connected with the thing mentioned
• a Frenchman
• a businessman
• a medical man
• a sportsman
6. a man who likes or who does the thing mentioned
• SEE ALSO family man
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/family-man
• a betting/fighting/drinking man
• I think he’s a beer man (= he drinks beer).
• I've never been a gambling man.
7. a man who works for or supports a particular organization, comes from a particular town, etc.
• SEE ALSO G-man
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/g-man
• the BBC’s man in Moscow (= the man who reports on news from Moscow)
• a loyal Republican Party man
8. a soldier or a male worker who obeys the instructions of a person of higher rank
• The officer refused to let his men take part in the operation.
• The conditions in which the men were working were terrible.
9. a man who comes to your house to do a job
• the gas man
• The man's coming to repair the TV today.
10. used for addressing a male person
• Nice shirt, man!
• Hey man. Back off!
11. used for addressing a male person in an angry or impatient way
• Don't just stand there, man—get a doctor!
12. a husband or sexual partner
• SEE ALSO fancy man
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fancy-man
• What's her new man like?
• I now pronounce you man and wife (= you are now officially married).
13. a person who is strong and brave or has other qualities that some people think are particularly male
• SEE ALSO he-man
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/he-man
• Come on, now—be a man.
• She's more of a man than he is.
14. a group or person that is thought to be in authority or control, especially the police or white people in government
• Activists marched to the police station to voice their displeasure with the Man.
15. a male servant
• My man will drive you home.
16. one of the figures or objects that you play with in a game such as chess
• SEE ALSO chessman
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/chessman
17. with everyone doing or thinking the same thing at the same time; in agreement
• The crowd rose to their feet as one man.
• The staff speak as one man on this issue.
18. to please everyone by changing your attitudes or opinions to suit different people
19. to be understood or used in different ways by different people
20. to be the best or most suitable person to do a particular job, etc.
• For a superb haircut, David's your man.
21. to be strong or brave enough
• He was not man enough to face up to his responsibility.
22. to act or think independently, not following others or being ordered
• Working for himself meant that he could be his own man.
23. people must take care of themselves and not give or expect any help
• In business, it's every man for himself.
24. a man who is respected in a particular profession that he has been involved in for a long time
• James Lovelock, the grand old man of environmental science
25. (not) in exactly the same words as somebody says were used
• ‘Did she say she was sorry?’ ‘Not in so many words.’
• He didn't approve of the plan and said so in as many words.
• They told me in so many words that I was no longer needed.
26. with a lot of force or energy
• He flew out of the room like a man possessed.
27. to make a young man develop and become more adult
• They thought the army would make a man of him.
28. a man who frequently goes to fashionable parties, clubs, theatres, etc.
• In his new suit, he looked quite the man about town.
29. a man/woman who likes the same things or has the same opinions as you
30. from when somebody was young to when they were old or older
• He's been doing the same job for 50 years—man and boy.
31. an average or ordinary person, either male or female
• Politicians often don't understand the views of the man in the street.
• What really matters to the man and woman in the street?
32. a religious man, especially a priest or a clergyman
33. a man who is chosen as having given the best performance in a game of football (soccer), cricket, etc.
• COMPARE MVP (1)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mvp#mvp_sng_1
• Pogba was named man of the match.
34. the man who is the best at a particular point in time
• Man of the moment Tom Ford greets the crowd at the end of his show.
35. a person with many skills
36. a man/woman who understands and supports ordinary people
• He is not only a statesman, but also a man of the people.
37. a rich and powerful man or woman
38. a person with a lot of experience of life, who is not easily surprised or shocked
39. a way of describing a dog
40. a person’s home is a place where they can be private and safe and do as they like
41. a man who is more popular with men than with women
42. between two men who are treating each other honestly and equally
• I'm telling you all this man to man.
• a man-to-man talk
43. a person who is in danger because their enemies want to harm them
• He has been a marked man since he decided to cooperate with the police.
44. the average person
• I can enjoy a joke as well as the next man, but this is going too far.
45. a person or thing that is different from others or does not fit easily into a group or set
• At school he was always the odd man out.
• Dog, cat, horse, shoe—which is the odd one out?
46. used to say that different people like different things; what one person likes very much, another person does not like at all
47. a person or thing that is similar to but of a lower quality than a particular famous person or thing
• Sparkling white wine is the poor man's champagne.
48. to show or prove who is brave, skilful, etc. and who is not
49. used to emphasize that something is true of all the people being described
• They answered ‘Yes,’ to a man.
• They were all destroyed, to the last man.
50. a person who is determined or wants something very much will succeed

Word Origin

• Old English man(n), (plural) menn (noun), mannian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch man, German Mann, and Sanskrit manu ‘mankind’.