Men Meaning
/mɛn/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
Listen pronunciation
Definition
nounplural of man
noun(The) people, humanity, man(kind).
Sentence Examples
Why would you marry a woman if you like men?
If two men always have the same opinion, one of them is unnecessary.
I saw a couple of men get out.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The all-male club required members to be adult ____, barring women and children.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A group of ____ were working on repairing the old bridge that had been damaged during the heavy floods.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
— 1776 July 4, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America:
Explore More A1 Vocabulary Words
CEFR Practice Quiz
The all-male club required members to be adult ____, barring women and children.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A group of ____ were working on repairing the old bridge that had been damaged during the heavy floods.