man
Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, weUsed to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.
Meaning
3 senses(Multicultural London English, personal, pronoun, slang)Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.
Man's got some new creps.
(Multicultural London English, personal, pronoun, slang)You; construed in the third person.
Man thinks I was born yesterday.
(Multicultural London English, indefinite, personal, pronoun, slang)Any person, one
Man don't care.
Examples
12105 sentencesThe old man died of cancer.
Цей старий помер від раку. — iceman
ruСтарик умер от рака. — odexed
deDer alte Mann starb an Krebs. — MikeMolto
The man walked round the corner.
Чоловік зайшов за ріг. — brambury
deDer Mann ging um die Ecke. — Tamy
All men are equal before God.
Усі люди рівні перед Богом. — anastasishko
ruВсе люди равны перед Богом. — souris_qui_rit
deVor Gott sind alle Menschen gleich. — Kerstin
I'm looking for an old man.
Шукаю старого. — aandrusiak
ruЯ ищу одного старика. — sharptoothed
deIch suche einen alten Mann. — MUIRIEL
Women generally live longer than men.
Жінки зазвичай живуть довше, ніж чоловіки. — deniko
ruЖенщины обычно живут дольше мужчин. — estong
deFrauen leben im Allgemeinen länger als Männer. — MUIRIEL
Origin
From Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-From Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”), from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“human being, man”). Doublet of mann and Manu.
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Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- old man
- the old man
- an old man
- the man who
- rich man
- young man
- is a man
- man over there
- a man who
- an honest man
- a rich man
- that man is