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human
[ hyoo-muhnor, often, yoo‑ ]
adjective
- of, relating to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people:
human frailty.
- consisting of people:
the human race.
- of or relating to the social aspect of people:
human affairs.
- sympathetic; humane:
a warmly human understanding.
noun
- a human being.
human
/ ˈːə /
adjective
- of, characterizing, or relating to man and mankind
human nature
- consisting of people
the human race
a human chain
- having the attributes of man as opposed to animals, divine beings, or machines
human failings
- kind or considerate
- natural
noun
- a human being; person
human
- A member of the species Homo sapiens; a human being.
- A member of any of the extinct species of the genus Homo, such as Homo erectus or Homo habilis, that are considered ancestral or closely related to modern humans.
Pronunciation Note
Derived Forms
- ˈܳԲԱ, noun
- ˈܳ-ˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·· adjective
- ··Ա noun
- -· adjective
- ·ٱ·· adjective
- ··· adjective
- ··· adjective
- ܲ·-· adjective
- ܲ·-··ly adverb
- ٰԲ·· adjective
- ܱ·ٰ·· adjective
- ܲ·· adjective
- ܲ···ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of human1
Word History and Origins
Origin of human1
Idioms and Phrases
see milk of human kindness .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
"The war is against the people of Sudan," Ms Ahmed says, bemoaning the war's human cost, as well as the unimaginable loss of centuries of heritage.
The Vatican foreign minister described the Pope's ability to scythe through difficult subjects with clarity, reminding officials, for example, to remember migrants as human beings and not just "numbers" in their discussions about them.
In these moments, he mostly dispenses with the pretense of love and simply just wants to be seen as who he is, with all his torturous flaws, by another human being.
In the case of immigrants, some Democrats decided to just do the right thing — to not just abandon an inconvenient category of human beings — while noting that the rule of law benefits all.
“I didn’t know anything about the shape of humans,” Gurr says.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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