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- DictionaryWom·an/ˈwo͝omən/
noun
- 1. an adult female human being: "a drawing of a young woman"
1. a. : an adult female person. b. : a woman belonging to a particular category (as by birth, residence, membership, or occupation)usually used in combination. councilwoman. 2. : womankind. 3. : distinctively feminine nature : womanliness. 4. : a woman who is a servant or personal attendant. 5. a. chiefly dialectal : wife.
WOMAN definition: 1. an adult female human being: 2. an adult who lives and identifies as female though they may…. Learn more.
Woman, female, lady are nouns referring to an adult female human being, one paradigm of gender and biological sex for adult human beings. Woman is the general term. It is neutral, lacking either favorable or unfavorable implication, and is the most commonly used of the three: a wealthy woman; a woman of strong character, of unbridled appetites.
A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a woman is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and fertile women are capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause.
Definition of woman noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. woman. noun. /ˈwʊmən/ (plural women. /ˈwɪmɪn/ ) Idioms. [countable] an adult female human. a 54-year-old woman. an interesting young woman. married/single women. men, women and children. a women's group/movement. I prefer to see a woman doctor. Extra Examples.
noun. a human female employed to do housework. “I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write”. synonyms: char, charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman. see more. noun. a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man. see more. Pronunciation.
Definition of woman noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
