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verb/mæn/
/mæn/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they man | /mæn/ /mæn/ |
| he / she / it mans | /mænz/ /mænz/ |
| past simple manned | /mænd/ /mænd/ |
| past participle manned | /mænd/ /mænd/ |
| -ing form manning | /ˈmænɪŋ/ /ˈmænɪŋ/ |
- man something to work at a place or be in charge of a place or a machine synonym crew, staff
- Soldiers manned barricades around the city.
- The telephones are manned 24 hours a day by volunteers.
Word OriginOld English man(n), (plural) menn (noun), mannian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch man, German Mann, and Sanskrit manu ‘mankind’.Want to learn more?
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