This book says the earliest man-made bridges date back to the New Stone Age.
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Man-made
//ˈmænˌmeɪd//
Synonyms for "man-made" (77 found)
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Related words (38)
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39 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- изкуствен adj (created by a human)
- направен от човек adj (created by a human)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 人工的 adj (created by a human)
- 人為的 /人为的 adj (created by a human)
- 人造的 adj (created by a human)
Dutch
2 entries- door mensenhanden gemaakt adj (created by a human)
- kunstmatig adj (created by a human)
Finnish
3 entries- ihmisen tekemä adj (created by a human)
- ihmisten tekemä adj (created by a human)
- keinotekoinen adj (created by a human)
French
2 entries- de main d'homme adj (created by a human)
- synthétique adj (created by a human)
German
1 entries- menschengemacht adj (created by a human)
Greek
1 entries- ανθρωπογενής adj (created by a human)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָדָם adj (created by a human)
Hindi
3 entries- कृत्रिम adj (created by a human)
- पौरुषेय adj (created by a human)
- मानव निर्मित adj (created by a human)
Hungarian
2 entries- ember alkotta adj (created by a human)
- mesterséges adj (created by a human)
Icelandic
2 entries- manngerður adj (created by a human)
- tilbúinn adj (created by a human)
Irish
2 entries- de dhéantús an duine adj (created by a human)
- saorga adj (created by a human)
Japanese
1 entries- 人工 adj (created by a human)
Malayalam
1 entries- മനുഷ്യനിർമ്മിത adj (created by a human)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- menneskeskapt adj (created by a human)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- menneskeskapt adj (created by a human)
Polish
2 entries- syntetyczny adj (created by a human)
- sztuczny adj (created by a human)
Portuguese
1 entries- artificial adj (created by a human)
Romanian
1 entries- artificial adj (created by a human)
Russian
2 entries- иску́сственный adj (created by a human)
- рукотво́рный adj (created by a human)
Spanish
1 entries- hecho por el hombre adj (created by a human)
Swedish
1 entries- konstgjord adj (created by a human)
Turkish
3 entries- insan mamulü (obsolecent) adj (created by a human)
- insan yapımı adj (created by a human)
- yapay adj (created by a human)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
It is a representation of the man-made channels of a river that has dried up.
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Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings.
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What was at first a natural disaster rapidly became a man-made debacle.
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