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Collocations for man - noun

1. male person

ADJ.

elderly, middle-aged, old, older, young
a little old man
attractive, good-looking, handsome | ugly | short, tall | fat, thin | big, burly | little
a nice little man
black, white | dark, dark-haired, fair, fair-haired | bearded | blind | sick | dead | intelligent, wise | great
Several people made speeches in honour of the great man.
brave | charming, fine, good, kind, nice | honest | proud | quiet | bad, horrible
What a horrible man!
arrogant | strange | brutal, hard, violent | married, single | family
He''s a family man who rarely goes out with his friends.
gay | professional | lucky
He was a lucky man to have found such a partner.
poor, rich | betting, gambling
I''ve never been a gambling man.
self-made | right-hand
He found success hard to come by after losing his right-hand man.
innocent | free
He walked out of court a free man.
condemned

2. human beings

ADJ.

early, prehistoric, primitive | Stone Age, etc. | Neanderthal, etc.

PREP.

in ~
In man the brain is highly developed.

PHRASES

known to man
the most poisonous substance known to man

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