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Meaning of "men" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MEN

men  [mɛn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Men is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

men

Man

A man is a male human. The term man is usually reserved for an adult, with the term boy being the usual term for a male child or adolescent. However, the term man is also sometimes used to identify a male human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Men's rights". Like most other male mammals, a man's genome inherits an X chromosome from his mother and a Y chromosome from his father. The male fetus produces larger amounts of androgens and smaller amounts of estrogens than a female fetus. This difference in the relative amounts of these sex steroids is largely responsible for the physiological differences that distinguish men from women. During puberty, hormones which stimulate androgen production result in the development of secondary sexual characteristics, thus exhibiting greater differences between the sexes.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEN

memsahib
men o´ war
men-at-arms
men-of-war
men´s room
menace
menacer
menacing
menacingly
menad
menadione
Menado
menagerie
Menai Strait
menaissance
Menam
Menander
menaquinone
menarche
menarcheal

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEN

Allen
been
ben
between
bien
broken
chicken
children
chosen
den
driven
drucken
en
even
forgotten
frozen
fully-fitted kitchen
garden
gen
given

Synonyms and antonyms of men in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MEN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «men» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of men

Translation of «men» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEN

Find out the translation of men to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of men from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «men» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

男人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hombres
570 millions of speakers

English

men
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुरुषों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرجال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мужчины
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

homens
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুরুষদের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hommes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lelaki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Männer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

人々
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

남자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wong lanang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người đàn ông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆண்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुरुष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

erkekler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maschi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mężczyźni
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чоловіки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bărbați
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άνδρες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mans
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

män
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

menn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of men

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEN»

The term «men» is very widely used and occupies the 790 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «men» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «men» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about men

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10 QUOTES WITH «MEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word men.
1
Adam Ant
Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.
2
Michael Arrington
Women in my world are respected as much as men.
3
David Bailey
I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.
4
Ron Barber
In nominating young women and men to our service academies, it must only be about who you are, not who you know.
5
Amelia Barr
When men make themselves into brutes it is just to treat them like brutes.
6
Selma Blair
I have very little faith that I'll ever find someone. I've had some bad luck and I've made some bad choices - not in men, but in how I've chosen to deal with relationships.
7
Anne Bradstreet
Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases.
8
Toni Braxton
I am fed up with men who use sex like a sleeping pill.
9
Louise Brown
I don't envy men and I certainly wouldn't like to become one now.
10
Pat Buckley
I believe that all men and women will be saved.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEN»

Discover the use of men in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to men and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
All the President's Men
This is the book that changed America.
Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, 2007
2
Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire
At the time of its first appearance in 1985 Between Men was viewed as an important intervention into Feminist as well as Gay and Lesbian studies.
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, 1985
3
Arnold's Bodybuilding for Men
A guide to achieving and maintaining physical fitness through weight-resistance training demonstrates routines and necessary equipment and has special sections for teenagers, older men, and professional bodybuilders
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1984
4
The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made
A captivating blend of personal biography and public drama, The Wise Men introduces the original best and brightest, leaders whose outsized personalities and actions brought order to postwar chaos: Averell Harriman, the freewheeling ...
Evan Thomas, Walter Isaacson, 2012
5
Fire in the Minds of Men: Origins of the Revolutionary Faith
This book traces the origins of a faith--perhaps the faith of the century.
James H. Billington, 2011
6
Men of Mathematics
The achievements and lives of important world mathematicians prior to 1900
E.T. Bell, 1986
7
Toxic Men: 10 Ways to Identify, Deal with, and Heal from the ...
This book is not about male bashing. Instead, it is about empowering you to never be a victim again. You no longer have to suffer in silence. You have choices.
Lillian Glass, 2010
8
The Men who Stare at Goats
A humorous and cautionary account of the U.S. military's use of psychic tactics in the War on Terror and other political agendas discusses the methods employed by the First Earth Battalion, questioning its soldiers' abilities to perform ...
Jon Ronson, 2004
9
Everything Bad is Good for You
After reading Everything Bad is Good for You, you will never regard the glow of the video game or television screen the same way again. With a new afterword by the author.
Steven Johnson, 2006
10
Analyzing Mad Men: Critical Essays on the Television Series
"The 12 critical essays in this collection offer a broad, interdisciplinary approach to this highly relevant television show, examining Mad Men as a cultural barometer for contemporary concerns with consumerism, capitalism and sexism.
Scott F. Stoddart, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term men is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ashley Madison Question: Do Men Cheat Because Their Wives Don …
Ashley Madison Question: Do Men Cheat Because Their Wives Don't Give Them Sex? Why do men who love their wives still cheat? By Rabbi ... «New York Observer, Jul 15»
2
Food & weight: Men and women are from different planets | Stuff.co.nz
Women and men do prefer different foods, and men do tend to lose weight more readily when they set their minds to it. Women are more likely ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
3
Dementia Develops Faster in Women Than in Men, Study Suggests …
Women who develop slight but detectable deficits in memory and mental acuity late in life tend to decline faster than men with mild impairment, ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Suicide rate for middle-age men with mental health issues up 73 …
Suicides among middle-aged men with mental health issues have soared by 73% since 2006, which may be attributed to a combination of ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Does fatherhood make men fat? - CBS News
Now a new study from Northwestern University confirms the so-called "fatherhood effect," finding that men do indeed gain weight after they ... «CBS News, Jul 15»
6
New 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Set Pic Teases Storm's Origins - The …
Next year's X-Men: Apocalypse isn't just reintroducing fan-favorite characters like Storm and Cyclops; if a new behind-the-scenes photo shared ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
7
Fatherhood makes men fat: New study explains the dad bod.
Is there any way to put this delicately? Men, when they have children, get fatter. We've known this for a while, and now the first nationally ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
8
FBI — Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Two …
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Two Florida Men for Operating an Underground Bitcoin Exchange Defendants Operated ... «Federal Bureau of Investigation, Jul 15»
9
Three Australian men arrested over alleged nightclub rape in Split …
Three Australian men have been arrested over an alleged rape of an 18-year-old Norwegian woman in the toilets of a nightclub in Split, Croatia ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
10
Dreaming Big for the U.S. Men's Soccer Team - WSJ
The U.S. men look in fine form, thumping Cuba 6-0 Saturday in the quarterfinal of the Gold Cup. Next up—Jamaica's Reggae Boyz in the Gold ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

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