woman · noun C /ˈwʊm.ən/Full view
Nouns: woman, womanhood
Adjectives: womanly
woman
A1 an adult female person
Dictionary examples:

a 30-year-old woman

She's a really nice woman.

A woman and two men were arrested on the day after the explosion.

Women won the right to vote in the U.S. in 1920.

Learner example:

Your teacher will be a woman. (Key English Test; A2; Russian)

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