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# manhood

«manhood» in Mova's school dictionary: **the time when a boy has grown up into a man** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Manhood is the time when a boy has grown up into a man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manhood/#m1)

2) Manhood also means the qualities of a man, such as strength and courage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manhood/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a young prince who grows to manhood and takes over his father's place

### examples

- He grew to manhood and became king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manhood/#x1)
- Jesper was just coming to manhood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manhood/#x2)
- At the age of twelve he was still far from manhood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manhood/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «manhood» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manhood/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.