Definition of 'man-made'
adjective
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man-made in British English
adjective
made or produced by human beings; artificial
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man-made in American English
adjective
made by people; artificial or synthetic
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man-made in American English
(ˈmænˈmeid)
adjective
1.
produced, formed, or made by humans
2.
produced artificially; not resulting from natural processes
3. Textiles
a. (of a fiber)
manufactured synthetically from a cellulosic or noncellulosic base; produced chemically
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British English: man-made
/ˈmænˌmeɪd/ ADJECTIVE
Man-made things are created or caused by people, rather than occurring naturally.
...man-made lakes.
- American English: man-made /ˈmænˌmeɪd/
- Arabic: مِنْ صُنْعِ الْإِنْسَان
- Brazilian Portuguese: artificial
- Chinese: 人造的
- Croatian: umjetan
- Czech: syntetický
- Danish: menneskeskabt
- Dutch: kunstmatig
- European Spanish: artificial elaborado
- Finnish: teko-
- French: synthétique
- German: künstlich
- Greek: τεχνητός
- Italian: artificiale
- Japanese: 人造の
- Korean: 인공의
- Norwegian: kunstig
- Polish: wytworzony przez człowieka
- European Portuguese: artificial
- Romanian: artificial
- Russian: искусственный
- Latin American Spanish: artificial
- Swedish: människotillverkad
- Thai: ซึ่งมนุษย์สร้างขึ้น
- Turkish: sentetik
- Ukrainian: створений людиною
- Vietnamese: nhân tạo
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