human being
/ˌhjuːmən ˈbiːɪŋ/
human being noun: a person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapiens.
Noun
human being (plural human beings)
- A person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapiens.
- He began to reflect that in a few Minutes he might possibly deprive a human Being of Life, or might lose his own.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, VII xiv
- The book argues that leftists don’t deserve the status of human beings — that they are, as the title says, unhumans — and that they are waging a shadow war against all that is good and decent, which will end in apocalyptic slaughter if they are not stopped.2024 August 5, Michelle Goldberg, “JD Vance Just Blurbed a Book Arguing That Progressives Are Subhuman”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
- Synonyms:
- featherless biped, human, human bean, man, naked ape, person, sapiens, woman
- Any member of the genus Homo, including extinct species.
- The first real human beings in China lived about 600,000 years ago. Fossils of Gigantopithecus, a Latin name for Giant Ape, were dug up at Lan-t'ien in the early 1960s. Though they looked a lot like apes, the Lan-t'ien people were among the first of our species to make tools.1983, Valjean McLenighan, China, A History to 1949, Chicago: Children's Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10
- As Australopithecus evolved into the first human being, Homo habilis, and then into the species, Homo sapiens, we have evolved as social beings2002, Hyun Höchsmann, On Peter Singer, Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, →ISBN, page 2
human being meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
human being in Hindi
- person — see also man/translations, person
- मनुष्य manuṣya, इंसान insān, आदमी ādmī, मानव mānav
human being in Tamil
- person — see also man/translations, person
- மனிதன் maṉitaṉ
human being in Marathi
- person — see also man/translations, person
- माणूस māṇūs
human being in Urdu
- person — see also man/translations, person
- انسان insān, آدمی ādmī, منشیه manuṣya
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- human being in Bengali
- মানুষ manuś, মানব manob
- human being in Telugu
- మనిషి maniṣi, మగవాడు magavāḍu
- human being in Malayalam
- മനുഷ്യൻ manuṣyaṉ
- human being in Kannada
- ಮಾನವ mānava
- human being in Punjabi
- ਇਨਸਾਨ inasān, ਮਨੁੱਖ manukkha
- human being in Gujarati
- મનુષ્ય manuṣya, પુરુષ puruṣ, માનવ mānav
- human being in Odia
- ପୁରୁଷ puruṣa
- human being in Sanskrit
- मनुष्य manuṣya, मानव mānava, जन jana
- human being in Sinhala
- තැනැත්තා tænættā, මිනිහා minihā, මිනිසා minisā, පුරුෂයා puruṣayā
- human being in Assamese
- মানৱ manow
- human being in Pashto
- انسان insān
- human being in Tagalog
- tao
- human being in Arabic
- إِنْسَان ʔinsān, نَاس nās, بَشَر bašar, إِنْس ʔins
- human being in Malay
- manusia, orang
- human being in Indonesian
- manusia, orang
- human being in Persian
- آدمی âdami, انسان ensân, خاکزاد xâkzâd
- human being in Thai
- คน kon, มนุษย์ má-nút
- human being in Vietnamese
- con người, người
- human being in Myanmar
- ပုဂ္ဂိုလ် pugguil, လူ lu
- Sindhi
- اِنسانُ insānu
- Dhivehi
- އިންސާނުން in̊sānun̊
Examples of human being in a sentence
- The category “human being” is a biological one, and Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, and Homo floresiensis all belong in it.2006, M.S. Green, Engaging Philosophy, Hackett, →ISBN, page 143:
- The people who created these tools were probably Homo erectus, an early type of human being.2009, B. Waters, Zambia in Pictures, Twenty-First Century Books, →ISBN, page 20:
- Probably the first human being infected by Taenia solium was the Homo ergaster [1, 2].2018, H. Foyaca-Sibat, L.F. Ibañez-Valdés, “Introductory Chapter”, in H. Foyaca-Sibat, editor, Seizures, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2:
Synonyms of human being
Forms of human being
| plural | human beings |
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Origin of human being
From human (adjective) + being (noun). The word human was originally an adjective, thus requiring a base noun.
Questions about human being
- What does human being mean?
- Human being means a person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapiens.
- What is human being in Hindi?
- Human being in Hindi is मनुष्य (manuṣya), इंसान (insān), आदमी (ādmī). See Human being meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use human being in a sentence?
- The category “human being” is a biological one, and Homo erectus, Homo sapiens, and Homo floresiensis all belong in it.
- What part of speech is human being?
- Human being is a noun.
- How do you pronounce human being?
- Human being is pronounced /ˌhjuːmən ˈbiːɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of human being?
- The plural of human being is human beings.
Words near human being in the dictionary
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