Collocations for "human"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "human" in context.
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human
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a human being
- the [beginnings, origins] of the human race
- human [behavior, weakness, kindness, rights, failings]
- human [management, skills, resources]
- human [waste, resources, factors]
- (not) [suitable, edible, sustainable, livable] for human beings
- (not) fit for human consumption
- human rights [groups, violations, protests, abuse, cases, watchdogs]
- [violation, abuse] of human rights
- is only human (after all)!
- [making mistakes, to err] is (only) human
- is [just, only] human nature (to)
- it is only human to [be, want, feel, make]
- doesn't like to [show, admit] he is human
- (crave) human [contact, interaction]
- is a human
- the rights of all humans
- the rights that belong to all humans
- when humans first walked the Earth
- first populated by humans in
- barely looks human
- is (definitely) not human
- am starting to feel human again
- [dogs, cats] can [smell, see] better than humans
- is being [ruined, destroyed] by humans
- is not fit for humans
- animals and humans
'human' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
administration
- advancement
- advocacy
- agency
- ancestor
- ancient
- appalling
- beginning
- behavior
- being
- biology
- blow
- body
- brain
- capital
- champion
- character
- charter
- childhood
- committee
- communication
- conception
- constraint
- criticize
- decade
- decent
- defense
- denial
- deplete
- deploy
- dictionary
- discovery
- disregard
- dossier
- element
- emotion
- endurance
- entity
- envelope
- error
- escalate
- essence
- evil
- exceptional
- expansion
- exploitation
- expression
- faith
- filth
- fit