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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | humain, from Latin humanus |
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hu‧man1 W1
1 belonging to or relating to people, especially as opposed to machines or animals COLLOCATIONS COLLOCATIONS
the human body the human brain/mind the human spirit the human eye (=used especially when talking about how difficult something is to see) human behaviour/activity/relationships human experience human life human society human error for human consumption (=to be eaten by people)
COLLOCATIONS the human body the human brain/mind the human spirit the human eye (=used especially when talking about how difficult something is to see) human behaviour/activity/relationships human experience human life human society human error for human consumption (=to be eaten by people)
2 human weaknesses, emotions etc are those which are typical of people : 
He was also a person with very obvious human failings.
He was also a person with very obvious human failings.4 having the same feelings and emotions as ordinary people : He's really not so bad. When you get to know him he seems quite human.
He's really not so bad. When you get to know him he seems quite human.5 someone, especially someone in authority, who has the human touch deals with people in a kind friendly way and is able to understand their feelings and problems : The President has been accused of lacking the human touch.
a/the human touch
The President has been accused of lacking the human touch.6 a quality that makes a story interesting because it is about people's feelings, lives, relationships etc
human interest
7 the experiences, emotions, needs etc that all people share, especially considered as a situation from which it is impossible to escape
the human condition
9 to make an important event or principle understandable to ordinary people by directing their attention to the way it affects a particular person : Anne Frank was the girl whose diary put a human face on the Holocaust.
put a human face on something
also give something a human faceAnne Frank was the girl whose diary put a human face on the Holocaust.10 a capitalist etc economic and political system that does not ignore people's needs
