Collocations for "male"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "male" in context.
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male
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [young, teenage, middle-aged] male
- an [old, elderly, adult] male
- an [Asian] male
- a [twenty] -something male
- a [black, white] male in his [forties]
- a male approximately [5' 9"] was seen [leaving, fleeing, entering]
- a [dominant, weak] male
- the male of the [pack, species, group]
- [wants, tries] to be the alpha male
- the [audience, crowd, club] consisted mainly of males
- males outnumber females in the [office, congress, class, party]
- [affects, concerns, seeks] (both) males and females
- males (should not) have a higher [salary, wage] (than females)
- [bathrooms, restrooms, changing rooms] for males and females
- the males are [hunters, protectors, providers] (in the species)
- is [white, black, European, Latin, Asian] and male
- tell if [it is, they are] male or female
- a male [suspect, prisoner, officer]
- a male [member, voice, reader, singer, vocalist, choir]
- male [deer, offspring, children, young]
- male [fashion, clothes, outfits, trends]
- a male name
- both male and female [parts, organs]
- male (and female) [toilets, restrooms, seeds, plants]
- male-pattern [baldness, hair loss]
- male aggression
- the male [ego, instinct, desire]
- the male [connection, plug, wire, end, head]
'male' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):