Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable)The human race in its entirety.

    One small step for a man can be a giant leap for mankind.

    Menschheit, Menschengeschlecht

    челове́чествоčelovéčestvo, род людско́йrod ljudskój

    лю́дствоljúdstvo

    all of the living human inhabitants of the earth

  2. (uncountable)Men collectively, as opposed to all women.

    Männer

    мужчи́ныmužčíny

  3. (obsolete, uncountable)Human feelings; humanity.

Examples

112 sentences
  1. Ultimately, space flight will be beneficial to all mankind.

    Зрештою космічні польоти стануть корисними для всього людства.

    ruВ итоге, космические полёты принесут пользу всему человечеству.

    deLetzten Endes wird die Raumfahrt nützlich für die ganze Menschheit sein.

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  2. If a nuclear war were to break out, mankind would perish.

    deWenn ein Atomkrieg ausbräche, würde die Menschheit untergehen.

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  3. If mankind doesn't take care of the environment, the environment may eliminate mankind.

    ruЕсли человечество не будет заботиться об окружающей среде, окружающая среда может уничтожить человечество.

    deWenn sich die Menschheit nicht um die Umwelt kümmert, könnte die Umwelt die Menschheit auslöschen.

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  4. Sympathy is a feeling characteristic of mankind.

    Співчуття - це емоція, характерна для людської природи.

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  5. Language is one of the most important inventions of mankind.

    Мова - один з найважливіших винаходів людства.

    ruЯзык - одно из самых важных изобретений человечества.

    deDie Sprache ist eine der wichtigsten Erfindungen der Menschheit.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
human race:
Русский
By meaning 2
human race:
men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
human race:
men collectively, as opposed to all women — see also menfolk:

Origin

From Middle English mankynde, alteration (due to kynde = “kind, nature, sort”) of earlier

From Middle English mankynde, alteration (due to kynde = “kind, nature, sort”) of earlier mankyn, from Old English mancynn. Equivalent to man + kin, and/or man + -kind. Cognate with Scots mankind, Middle High German mankünne, Danish mandkøn, Icelandic mannkyn (“mankind”). See also mankin.

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Synonyms

7 synonyms
all men, humans:humankind
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
all men, male humans:womankindwomenkind

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mankind — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto