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HYOOM-uh-n/ˈhjuːmən/

A human is a person, not an animal or a machine: human beings, human rights, the human body. Person is the everyday word for one individual; human stresses the species. Human can be an adjective: human error, a human voice. Humanity is the noun for people as a whole. Do not say “a human people.”

Meaning

A person, not an animal or a machine.

Examples

• “Every human needs food and water.”
• “The film is about humans living on Mars.”
• “To err is human, as the saying goes.”

Good to know

a human / human beings. Adjective: human error. Everyday word: person.

Near in meaning

person

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