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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. b. : mistress. c.
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.
the woman in the street idiom; kept woman/man phrase; be your own person/woman/man idiom; a man/woman of action idiom; a man/woman of means phrase; man/woman of the match phrase; man/woman of the people idiom; See all idioms and phrases
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.
1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) an adult female human being. 2. ( modifier) female or feminine: a woman politician; woman talk. 3. (Anthropology & Ethnology) women collectively; womankind.
a woman who can be a successful wife and have a professional career at the same time. a dignified older woman, especially one who has high status or wealth. a woman who is the most experienced, skilled, or respected person in some field. (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women.
1. countable noun. A woman is an adult female human being. ...a young Lithuanian woman named Dayva. ...men and women over 75 years old. 2. uncountable noun. You can refer to women in general as woman. ...the oppression of woman. 3. countable noun.
a man/woman of the world. a person with a lot of experience of life, who is not easily surprised or shocked. Definition of woman noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
WOMAN definition: 1. an adult female person: 2. the state of being a woman. Learn more.
Definition of woman noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
