ماهي معاني الكلمة الانجليزية man وكيف تستعمل في الجمل

Ahmad

السبت، 4 أغسطس 2012

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man

noun /man/ 
men, plural

An adult human male


A male worker or employee
• - more than 700 men were laid off
• - CNN's man in India
A male member of a sports team
• - Johnson took the ball past three men and scored
Ordinary members of the armed forces as distinct from the officers
• - he had a platoon of forty men to prepare for battle
A husband, boyfriend, or lover
• - the two of them lived for a time as man and wife
A male person associated with a particular place, activity, or occupation
• - a Harvard man
• - I'm a solid union man
A male pursued or sought by another, esp. in connection with a crime
• - Inspector Bull was sure they would find their man
A manservant or valet
• - get me a cocktail, my man
A vassal


A human being of either sex; a person
• - God cares for all races and all men
Human beings in general; the human race
• - places untouched by the ravages of man
An individual; one
• - a man could buy a lot with eighteen million dollars
A person with the qualities often associated with males such as bravery, spirit, or toughness
• - she was more of a man than any of them
A type of prehistoric human named after the place where the remains were found
• - Cro-Magnon man
A group or person in a position of authority over others, such as a corporate employer or the police
• - it was a vicarious way of powerless people being able to stick it to the Man
White people collectively regarded as the controlling group in society
• - he urged that black college athletes boycott the Man's Rose Bowl
A figure or token used in playing a board game

verb /man/ 
manned, past participle; manned, past tense; manning, present participle; mans, 3rd person singular present

Provide (something, esp. a place or machine) with the personnel to run, operate, or defend it
• - the firemen manned the pumps and fought the blaze
Provide someone to fill (a post or office)
• - the chaplaincy was formerly manned by the cathedral
Fortify the spirits or courage of
• - he manned himself with dauntless air

exclamation /man/ 

Used, irrespective of the sex of the person addressed, to express surprise, admiration, delight, etc., or for emphasis

• - man, what a show!