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# men

noun (men – the plural of «man»)

«men» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Plural of «man»: adult male people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/men/#m1)
2. People in general, in old-fashioned writing: «all men are created equal» (now many people prefer «people» or «everyone»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/men/#m2)
3. Soldiers or workers under a leader: «the captain and his men». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/men/#m3)
4. Pieces in some board games: «chessmen», «the men in draughts». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/men/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: «men's toilets», «men and women», «men's football». In history texts you will meet «men» meaning all people, and «the king and his men». In maths problems: «3 men can paint a fence in 6 hours» – such problems are about rate of work. In games, draughts (checkers) pieces are called men. Phrases: «men and women», «the men's team», «one of the men».

### Examples

- Two men were fixing the road outside school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/men/#x1)
- The men's race starts at ten o'clock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/men/#x2)
- The captain led his men across the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/men/#x3)
- «All men are created equal» is a famous line from 1776. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/men/#x4)
- My dad plays in a men's football team on Sundays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/men/#x5)
- In draughts, each player starts with twelve men. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/men/#x6)
- Men and women can both be nurses, pilots and engineers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/men/#x7)
- If 2 men can build a wall in 6 days, 4 men might do it in 3 days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/men/#x8)

### Note

Irregular plural: one man, two men (not «mans»). Possessive: «men's» (not «mens'»): «the men's room». Similarly woman → women. In maths work problems, more workers usually means less time (inverse proportion), if they work at the same rate.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «men» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/men/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«men» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/men.html) on Mova free.