"MAN" meaning in English

See MAN in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Man [alternative], Man. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-proper-noun}} MAN
  1. Abbreviation of Manitoba: a province of Canada. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Manitoba (extra: a province of Canada) Categories (place): Places in Canada

Noun

Forms: MANs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} MAN (plural MANs)
  1. (computing) Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network, a large computer network usually spanning a city. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Metropolitan Area Network (extra: a large computer network usually spanning a city)
    Sense id: en-MAN-en-noun-u1G1JkRq Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 99 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "mɛɛn",
      "word": "แมน"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "MANs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "MAN (plural MANs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "a large computer network usually spanning a city",
          "word": "Metropolitan Area Network"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 99",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network, a large computer network usually spanning a city."
      ],
      "id": "en-MAN-en-noun-u1G1JkRq",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Metropolitan Area Network",
          "Metropolitan Area Network#English"
        ],
        [
          "computer",
          "computer"
        ],
        [
          "network",
          "network"
        ],
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network, a large computer network usually spanning a city."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "MAN"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Man",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Man.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "MAN",
      "name": "en-proper-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "a province of Canada",
          "word": "Manitoba"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Abbreviations of provinces and territories of Canada",
          "orig": "en:Abbreviations of provinces and territories of Canada",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Manitoba, Canada",
          "orig": "en:Manitoba, Canada",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Canada",
          "orig": "en:Places in Canada",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Provinces and territories of Canada",
          "orig": "en:Provinces and territories of Canada",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of Manitoba: a province of Canada."
      ],
      "id": "en-MAN-en-name-qLW3EjeT",
      "links": [
        [
          "Manitoba",
          "Manitoba#English"
        ],
        [
          "province",
          "province"
        ],
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "MAN"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "mɛɛn",
      "word": "แมน"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "MANs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "MAN (plural MANs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "a large computer network usually spanning a city",
          "word": "Metropolitan Area Network"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English initialisms",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network, a large computer network usually spanning a city."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Metropolitan Area Network",
          "Metropolitan Area Network#English"
        ],
        [
          "computer",
          "computer"
        ],
        [
          "network",
          "network"
        ],
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network, a large computer network usually spanning a city."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "MAN"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Man",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Man.",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "MAN",
      "name": "en-proper-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "a province of Canada",
          "word": "Manitoba"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English abbreviations",
        "en:Abbreviations of provinces and territories of Canada",
        "en:Manitoba, Canada",
        "en:Places in Canada",
        "en:Provinces and territories of Canada"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of Manitoba: a province of Canada."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Manitoba",
          "Manitoba#English"
        ],
        [
          "province",
          "province"
        ],
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "MAN"
}

Download raw JSONL data for MAN meaning in English (2.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.