men
noun
Form of man , plural of man.
Simple meaning
The twentieth letter of the Armenian alphabet.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
mehnIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈmɛn
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
collectivemilitary
Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers).
The twentieth letter of the Armenian alphabet.
A god once worshipped in the western interior parts of Anatolia, and associated with lunar symbolism.
Acronym of multiple endocrine neoplasia.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary (estimated)
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- General English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: (collective, military) Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers).
Used this way, men is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a military use: it belongs to service and operational language.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Military
- Historical writing
- News/reporting
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use men
- “The men worked together to lift the heavy box into the truck.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
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An adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman).
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