Engelsk substantiv: 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. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | adult male | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | adult, grownup, male, male person | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | 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 mere spesifikke uttrykk | Abel, Adam, Cain, Ham, Japheth, Seth, Shem | ||
Omfatter disse spesifikke uttrykk | adult male body, man's body | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt 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. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | military man, military personnel, serviceman | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | 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 uttrykkene | force, military force, military group, military unit | ||
Overordnet kategori | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt 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 spesifikke uttrykk | 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 | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | homo, human, human being | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | hominid | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | 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 spesifikke uttrykk | 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 uttrykkene | genus Homo | ||
Forekomster i samme kategori | 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 spesifikke uttrykk | 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 spesifikke uttrykk | 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. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | gentleman, gentleman's gentleman, valet, valet de chambre | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | 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 spesifikke uttrykk | lover, male, male person | ||
Overordnet anvendelse | colloquialism | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt betydning (antonymer) | woman | ||
9. | Man (om sted) one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | Isle of Man | ||
Eksempler på mindre spesifikke uttrykk | island | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede uttrykkene | British Isles | ||
10. | man (om gjenstand) 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. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | piece | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | game equipment | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | 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. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, mankind, world | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | group, grouping, homo, human, human being, man | ||
Tilhører disse spesifikke uttrykkene | people | ||
Engelsk verb: man | |||
1. | man (om adferd) 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 spesifikke uttrykk | do work, work | ||
Utsagnsord med lignende betydning | man | ||
2. | man (om konkurranse) provide with workers | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | We cannot man all the desks. Students were manning the booths. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | staff | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | crew | ||
Utsagnsord med lignende betydning | man | ||