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- [mand]
- /mænd/
- /mæn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mand]
- /mænd/
Definitions of manned word
- adjective manned carrying or operated by one or more persons: a manned spacecraft. 1
- noun plural manned an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman. 1
- noun plural manned a member of the species Homo sapiens or all the members of this species collectively, without regard to sex: prehistoric man. 1
- noun plural manned the human individual as representing the species, without reference to sex; the human race; humankind: Man hopes for peace, but prepares for war. 1
- noun plural manned a human being; person: to give a man a chance; When the audience smelled the smoke, it was every man for himself. 1
- noun plural manned a husband. 1
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Origin of manned
First appearance:
before 1610 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1610-20; man1 + -ed2
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Parts of speech for Manned
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
manned popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
manned usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for manned
adj manned
- guarded — cautious; careful; prudent: to be guarded in one's speech.
- protected — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- armored — covered with armor or armor plate
- armed — Someone who is armed is carrying a weapon, usually a gun.
- strong — having, showing, or able to exert great bodily or muscular power; physically vigorous or robust: a strong boy.
verb manned
- gear — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- prepare — to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
- supply — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- provide — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- set up — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
adjective manned
- defended — Simple past tense and past participle of defend.
- covered — A covered area is an area that has a roof.
- armoured — Armoured vehicles are fitted with a hard metal covering in order to protect them from gunfire and other missiles.
- entrenched — (of an attitude, habit, or belief) Firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained.
- bastioned — Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.
Antonyms for manned
adj manned
- unguarded — not guarded; unprotected; undefended.
- unprotected — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- open — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
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