MEN | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of men in English

(Definition of men from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of men from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of men

men
But that provoked women and some men to object on social media that women should not have to share space with any man.
This brings us to the story of men who don't work.
Lots of men in my neighborhood were out of work.
Two women work in the same position as the men.
That's what 50-year-old men do all day.
Both young men seem well on their way toward reshaping their families' trajectories.
The men were also allegedly part of a plan to illegally access police records as part of the retaliation.
From NJ.com
I had the two men who said the words that shattered my world.
From CNN
But why do women vote differently than men?
She has been to the prosecutor's office, but no one has brought the men up on charges.
From NPR
We're wondering where the study is about the number of men with children by multiple women?
From NPR
Now they feel more like the men they used to be.
Women were considered the property of men and violence was tolerated as a man's right.
From TIME
If there can be self-control with other cravings, why can't men control their body urges?
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Translations of men

in Chinese (Traditional)
(軍隊中的)士兵, (man 的複數)…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(军队中的)士兵, (man 的复数)…
in Spanish
plural de "man":, hombres…
in Portuguese
plural de "man"…
in more languages
in Japanese
in Turkish
in French
in Catalan
in Arabic
in Polish
in Norwegian
in Korean
in Italian
in Russian
“man” の複数形…
erkek, adam, insan' kelimesinin çoğulu…
hommes [masculine, plural]…
plural de “man”: homes…
(man جَمْع) رِجال…
menn…
“man”의 복수형…
plurale di “man”…
мн. ч. сущ. man…
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