Englishئاساسىي لۇغەت
man
Universal Words
noun, verb, exclamation
noun
(plural men )
male person
1 [C] an adult male human being:
a good-looking young man * the relationships between men and women
seealsoDIRTYOLDMAN, LADIES'MAN, MEN'SROOM
human beings
2 [U] human beings as a group or from a particular period of history:
the damage caused by man to the environment * early / modern / Prehistoric man -< GENDER
3 [C] (literary or old-fashioned) a person, either male or female:
All men must die.
particular type of man
4 [C] (in compounds) 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 -> GENDER
5 [C] a man who likes or who does the thing mentioned:
a betting / drinking / fighting man * I think he's a beer man (= he drinks beer).
seealsoFAMILYMAN
6 [C] a man who works for or supports a particular organization, comes from a particular town, etc:
the BBC's man in Moscow (= the man who reports on news from Moscow) * a loyal Republican Party man
seealsoRIGHT-HANDMAN, YES-MAN
soldier / worker
7 [C,usually pl.] 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.
8 [C] a man who comes to your house to do a job:
the gas man * The man's coming to repair the TV today.
form of address
9 [sing.] (informal spoken, especially AmE) used for addressing a male person:
Nice shirt, man! * Hey man. Back off!
10 [sing.] (old-fashioned, spoken) used for addressing a male person in an angry or impatient way:
Don't just stand there, man-get a doctor!
husband / boyfriend
11 [C] (sometimes disapproving) a husband or sexual partner:
What's her new man like? * I now pronounce you man and wife (= you are now officially married).
seealsoOLDMAN
strong / brave person
12 [C] a person who is strong and brave or has other qualities that some people think are particularly male:
Come on, now-be a man. * She's more of a man than he is.
seealsoHE-MAN, MUSCLEMAN, SUPERMAN
servant
13 [sing.] (old-fashioned, formal) a male servant:
My man will drive you home.
in chess
14 [C] one of the figures or objects that you play with in a game such as CHESS
seealsoCHESSMAN
IDIOMS
as one man 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.
be sb's man to be the best or most suitable person to do a particular job, etc:
For a superb haircut, David's your man.
be man enough (to do sth / for sth) to be strong or brave enough:
He was not man enough to face up to his responsibility.
every man for himself (saying) people must look after themselves and not give or expect any help:
In business, it's every man for himself.
make a man (out) of sb to make a young man develop and become more adult:
They thought the army would make a man of him.
a / the man about town a man who frequently goes to fashionable parties, clubs, theatres, etc:
In his new suit, he looked quite the man about town.
man and boy from when sb was young to when they were old or older:
He's been doing the same job for 50 years-man and boy.
the man (and / or woman) in the street an average or ordinary person, either male or female:
Politicians often don't understand the views of the man in the street.
a man of God / the cloth (old-fashioned, formal) a religious man, especially a priest or a CLERGYMAN
the man of the match (BrE, sport) the member of a team who plays the best in a particular game:
Cole was named man of the match.
a man of the people (especially of a politician) a man who understands and is sympathetic to ordinary people:
He is not only a statesman, but also a man of the people.
man's best friend a way of describing a dog
a man's home is his castle (AmE) = an Englishman's home is his castle at ENGLISHMAN
a man's man a man who is more popular with men than with women
be your own man / woman to act or think independently, not following others or being ordered:
Working for himself meant that he could be his own man.
man to man 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
separate / sort out the men from the boys to show or prove who is brave, skilful, etc. and who is not
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