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How to pronounce woman in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms char, charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman
Type of cleaner


I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write.
Type Words
Synonyms adult female
Type of adult, female person, grownup, female
Has types bar girl, bas bleu, bawd, beauty, bluestocking, bridesmaid, broad, cat, cinderella, cocotte, coquette, cyprian, dame, deb, debutante, delilah, dish, divorcee, dominatrix, donna, enchantress, ex, ex-wife, eyeful, fancy woman, young woman, amazon, b-girl, bachelor girl, bachelorette, baggage, ball-breaker, ball-buster, whore, widow, widow woman, wife, woman of the street, wonder woman, working girl, young lady, femme fatale, fille, flirt, geisha, geisha girl, gentlewoman, girl, girlfriend, gold digger, grass widow, gravida, harlot, heroine, houri, inamorata, jezebel, jilt, kept woman, knockout, lady, lady friend, lady of pleasure, looker, lulu, ma'am, madam, maenad, maid of honor, mantrap, married woman, materfamilias, matriarch, matron, mestiza, minx, miss, missy, mistress, mother figure, nanny, nullipara, nurse, nursemaid, nymph, nymphet, old woman, peach, prickteaser, prostitute, ravisher, shiksa, shikse, siren, smasher, sporting lady, stunner, sweetheart, sylph, tart, tease, temptress, unmarried woman, vamp, vamper, vestal, virago, wac, wave, white woman
Derivation womanhood, womanise, womanly, womanize


the woman kept house while the man hunted.
Type Words
Synonyms fair sex, womanhood
Type of stratum, class, socio-economic class, social class
Derivation womanhood


it's an insult to American womanhood.
woman is the glory of creation.
Type Words
Type of female person, female
Derivation womanize, womanise


he was faithful to his woman.

Examples of woman

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He says the armed woman walked into the group home kitchen and started shooting.
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The woman admitted to using the funds to pay her mortgage and credit card bills.
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It is a young, lithe woman named Jessica who becomes the more important visitor.
From the bostonherald.com
The woman refused transport after the incident said airport spokesman Roy Criss.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Buck became the first American woman honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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It's not a rebuke, just the maximum amount of grace a grieving woman can summon.
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Why on earth would he seek an older woman, and why would she want a younger man?
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The woman got into his car and he drove her to a nearby parking lot at Best Buy.
From the kansas.com
Cars are buried as a woman tries to clear her windshield Wednesday in Milwaukee.
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More examples
  • An adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
  • A female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man; "he was faithful to his woman"
  • Charwoman: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write"
  • Womanhood: women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood"; "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on the veranda"
  • A woman (pl: women) is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent. However, the term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Women's rights".
  • Woman or Woman: Incorporating the Woman's Budget was a woman's magazine published in Sydney, Australia by Sungravure . It operated from 1934 to 1954 . Issues originally cost three pence each .
  • Woman is an album by Burt Bacharach in collaboration with the Houston Symphony Orchestra that was released in 1979 on A&M Records. It is a recording of a live, four hour recording session that took place on November 2, 1978 at Jones Hall in Houston, Texas. ...
  • "Woman" is a 1981 single by John Lennon from his 1980 album Double Fantasy. Written by Lennon: it is an ode to his wife Yoko Ono, which is introduced by Lennon whispering, "For the other half of the sky ...", a paraphrase of a Chinese proverb, once used by Mao Zedong.
  • Woman is the first solo album by British musician Mike McGear (spelled Michael on the cover), brother of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, who also co-wrote a song, but is credited as a "friend".nRoger McGough produced and co-wrote some songs with McGear.