man-made
/ˈmænˌmeɪd/
man-made adjective: created or caused by human beings, as opposed to occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic.
Adjective
man-made (not comparable)
- Created or caused by human beings, as opposed to occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic.
- It is, in my belief, an artificial, man-made development in hounds, since it exists only in rudimentary form in other dogs, foxes, and wolves, which are said sometimes to give cry when hunting their game.1937, Joseph Brown Thomas, Hounds and hunting through the ages
- Draw in both man-made and natural obstacles. Anything that may hinder the proposed landing (e.g., cusps, submerged rocks, partially awash or submerged wrecks, scullies, berm scarps, sandbars, rails, etc.) may be considered an obstacle.1974, US Navy SEAL Combat Manual
- Synonyms:
- human-made, person-made
- Antonyms:
- nonmanmade
man-made meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
man-made in Hindi
- created by a human
- पौरुषेय pauruṣey, कृत्रिम kŕtrim, मानव निर्मित mānav nirmit
man-made in Tamil
- மனிதனால் உருவாக்கப்பட்ட, செய்யப்பட்ட, ஆள்செய், செயற்கையான
man-made in Malayalam
- created by a human
- മനുഷ്യനിർമ്മിത manuṣyaniṟmmita
man-made in Kannada
- ಮಾನವಕೃತ, ಕೃತಕವಾಗಿ ತಯಾರಿಸಿದ, ಸಂಶ್ಲೇಷಿತ ಪದಾರ್ಥಗಳಿಂದ ಮಾಡಿದ
Synonyms of man-made
Antonyms
Forms of man-made
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Origin of man-made
From man (“human”) + made. First attested in 1615. According to the OED, the pronunciation with primary stress on man, /ˈmænˌmeɪd/, is older.
Phrases with man-made
Questions about man-made
- What does man-made mean?
- Man-made means created or caused by human beings, as opposed to occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic.
- What is man-made in Hindi?
- Man-made in Hindi is पौरुषेय (pauruṣey), कृत्रिम (kŕtrim), मानव निर्मित (mānav nirmit). See Man-made meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is man-made?
- Man-made is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce man-made?
- Man-made is pronounced /ˈmænˌmeɪd/.
Words near man-made in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: man-made (page history and authors); man-made (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); man-made (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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