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men

noun US /men/

the force of workers available

How often you will meet it

Rank 129 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 193,981 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.092% of every word in the library.

It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.

What it means

noun

  1. the force of workers available also: work force, workforce, manpower, hands

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

men in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • Look at the successful men in any of the learned professions.

    The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1

  • There was something about him which made other men seem like pygmies.

    The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1

  • What means this crowd of men And women here in peaceful Bethlehem?

    The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1

  • It is singular that men should care about what comes after them, but I suppose it is human nature.

    A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1

  • Followed by his sponsor he obeys and what happens at the room no one but the men of the society know.

    The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1

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