Dictionary

human

see also: Human

Pronunciation

(British) IPA: /ˈ(h)juː.mən/, [ˈ(ç)ju̟ːmən], [ˈ(ç)ju̟ːmn̩]
(America) enPR (h)yo͞oʹmən, IPA: /ˈ(h)ju.mən/, [ˈ(ç)ju̟mən], [ˈ(ç)ju̟mn̩]
- (New York, some other US dialects) IPA: /ˈju.mən/
(InE) IPA: /ˈhjuː.mən/

Adjective

human

(notcomp) Of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens or its closest relatives.
(comparable) Having the nature or attributes of a human being.
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
- 2011 August 17, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., The Many Wars of Google: Handset makers will learn to live with their new ‘frenemy’ ↗, Business World, Wall Street Journal,
  Google wouldn't be human if it didn't want some of this loot, which buying Motorola would enable it to grab.

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Noun

human (plural humans)

A human being, whether man, woman or child.
Humans share common ancestors with other apes.
Synonyms: human being, man, Thesaurus:person

Verb

human (humans, present participle humaning; past and past participle humaned)

(rare) To behave as or become, or to cause to behave as or become, a human.
- 2013, Biosocial Becomings ISBN 110702563X, page 19:
  There are, then, many ways of humaning: these are the ways along which we make ourselves and, collaboratively, one another.
- 1911, The collected works of Ambrose Bierce, volume 9, page 362:
  […] he sought to charm a single pair of ears, and those more hairy than critical. Later, as the race went on humaning, there grew complexity of sentiment and varying emotional needs, […]

Human

Proper noun

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