Question 1 · Quick check
men
CEFRA1
/mɛn/
noun
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
noun
Plural of man: adult male human beings.
- 02
noun
Extra detail(The) people, humanity, man(kind).
Examples
I saw a couple of men get out.
If two men always have the same opinion, one of them is unnecessary.
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 2
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningEnlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers).
More examples
In contextWhy would you marry a woman if you like men?
"Muster up the men in the barracks at 0600," the lieutenant said to his sergeant.
This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
Nearby
Origin
noun
From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man.