Engelsk navneord: man | |||
1. | man (om person) an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | There were two women and six men on the bus. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | adult male | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | adult, grownup, male, male person | ||
Mere specifikke termer | adonis, baboo, babu, bachelor, beau, beau, bey, Black man, boy, boyfriend, bozo, bruiser, bull, buster, castrate, cat, clotheshorse, dandy, divorced man, dude, dude, ejaculator, Esq, Esquire, eunuch, ex, ex-boyfriend, ex-husband, fashion plate, father figure, father surrogate, father-figure, fellow, fellow, fop, gallant, galoot, geezer, gentleman, golden boy, grass widower, graybeard, greybeard, guy, he-man, Herr, hombre, Hooray Henry, housefather, hunk, inamorato, iron man, ironman, ironside, macho-man, Methuselah, middle-aged man, Monsieur, old boy, old man, old man, paterfamilias, patriarch, Peter Pan, philanderer, ponce, posseman, Samson, Senhor, shaver, sheik, signior, signor, signore, sir, stiff, strapper, stud, swain, swell, Tarzan, unmarried man, white man, widower, widowman, womaniser, womanizer, wonder boy, yellow man, young buck, young man, young man | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termer | Abel, Adam, Cain, Ham, Japheth, Seth, Shem | ||
Omfatter disse specifikke termer | adult male body, man's body | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | adult female, woman | ||
2. | man (om person) someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Two men stood sentry duty. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | military man, military personnel, serviceman | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker | ||
Mere specifikke termer | air force officer, artilleryman, bluejacket, cannoneer, commander, commando, conscript, devil dog, draftee, enlisted person, ex-serviceman, gunner, inductee, leatherneck, machine gunner, Marine, military officer, military volunteer, navy man, noncombatant, occupier, officer, ranger, sailor, sailor boy, shipboard soldier, striper, vet, veteran, veteran, veteran soldier, voluntary, volunteer | ||
Tilhører disse overordnede termer | force, military force, military group, military unit | ||
Overordnet emneområde | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | civilian | ||
3. | man (om person) the generic use of the word to refer to any human being | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | It was every man for himself. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
4. | man (om dyr) any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | homo, human, human being | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | hominid | ||
Mere specifikke termer | Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Homo rhodesiensis, Homo sapiens, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, Homo soloensis, human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, mankind, Neandertal, Neandertal man, Neanderthal, Neanderthal man, Rhodesian man, world | ||
Omfatter disse specifikke termer | anatomy, arm, bod, body hair, build, chassis, face, figure, flesh, foot, form, frame, hand, head of hair, human body, human face, human foot, human head, loin, lumbus, mane, manus, material body, mitt, paw, pes, physical body, physique, shape, soma | ||
Tilhører disse overordnede termer | genus Homo | ||
Indenfor samme emneområde | body, hyperdactyly, nutrition, organic structure, physical structure, polydactyly, prepubertal, prepubescent, schistosome dermatitis, side, swimmer's itch, syndactylism, syndactyly | ||
5. | man (om person) a male subordinate | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The chief stationed two men outside the building. He awaited word from his man in Havana. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling | ||
6. | man (om person) an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The army will make a man of you. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | male, male person | ||
7. | man (om person) a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, valet, valet de chambre | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | body servant, manservant | ||
8. | man (om person) a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She takes good care of her man. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | lover, male, male person | ||
Overordnet anvendelse | colloquialism | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | woman | ||
9. | Man (om sted) one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | Isle of Man | ||
Eksempler på forekomster af mindre specifikke termer | island | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | British Isles | ||
10. | man (om genstand) game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He taught me to set up the men on the chess board. He sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | piece | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | game equipment | ||
Mere specifikke termer | black, checker, chequer, chess piece, chessman, tile, white | ||
11. | man (om dyr) all of the living human inhabitants of the earth | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | All the world loves a lover. She always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, mankind, world | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | group, grouping, homo, human, human being, man | ||
Tilhører disse specifikke termer | people | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: man | |||
1. | man (om adfærd) take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | do work, work | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | man | ||
2. | man (om konkurrence) provide with workers | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | We cannot man all the desks. Students were manning the booths. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | staff | ||
Mere specifikke termer | crew | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | man | ||