Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapiens.

    menschliches Wesen, Mensch

    челове́кčelovék, лю́диljúdi

    люди́наljudýna, лю́диljúdy

  2. Any member of the genus Homo, including extinct species.

More definitions
  • any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

Examples

322 sentences
  1. Tom is a decent human being.

    Том гідна людина. — deniko

  2. I want you to live more like a human being.

  3. To tell the truth, he is not a human being.

    ruСказать по правде, он не человек. — Hellerick

    deUm die Wahrheit zu sagen, er ist kein menschliches Wesen. — juwu

  4. All human beings are mortal.

    Всі люди смертні. — deniko

    ruВсе люди смертны. — stariy

    deJeder Mensch ist sterblich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. You're a despicable human being.

    Ти нікчемна людська істота. — deniko

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person — see also man/translations, person:
Русский
By meaning 1
person — see also man/translations, person:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person — see also man/translations, person:

Origin

From human (adjective) + being (noun).

From human (adjective) + being (noun).

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Forms

plural: human beings
Singularhuman being
Pluralhuman beings

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage:homomanhuman

Word family

1 related words
RelatedapeB1

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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