sapiens

CEFRC2

/sˈeɪpiənz/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The human species, formally called Homo sapiens.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A human being (Homo sapiens).

Examples

  • Tom and Mary are Homo Sapiens.

  • Tom is a Homo Sapiens.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

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In context

  • The earliest sapiens were gatherers, scavengers, and hunters of food.

  • Even if we assume that the rate of change was slow and the evolving population large, we must still assume that sapiens was rather isolated.

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Origin

noun

From translingual Homo sapiens, from Latin sapiēns, present active participle of sapiō (“discern, be capable of discerning”).