📖 H — The English dictionary · page 36

humanist — Everyday, meaning 1: A humanist is a person who lives by reason, science and kindness rather than religion, believing people can be good and make life meaningful without God.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (history) A humanist was a scholar of the Renaissance who studied the writings of ancient Greece and Rome.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As an adjective, humanist describes these ideas, like a humanist wedding or funeral.↗ Example: My aunt had a humanist wedding in a garden.↗ · Humanists believe we should be kind because people matter.↗ · The humanist speaker talked about Grandma's life at the funeral.↗ · Erasmus was a famous Renaissance humanist.↗ · In RE we compared Christian and humanist views of right and wrong.↗ · A humanist uses reason and evidence to make choices.↗

humanitarian — Everyday, meaning 1: Humanitarian means caring about people's lives and suffering, and trying to help them, especially in disasters and wars.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A humanitarian is a person who works to help people who suffer.↗ Example: The charity sent humanitarian aid after the earthquake.↗ · Trucks carried food and medicine as humanitarian help.↗ · The war has caused a humanitarian crisis.↗ · Florence Nightingale was a great humanitarian.↗ · Doctors Without Borders does humanitarian work.↗ · Humanitarian law protects people who are not fighting.↗ · The school raised money for humanitarian relief.↗

humanity — Everyday, meaning 1: Humanity means all the people in the world together, the human race.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Humanity is also kindness and care for others: «She showed great humanity».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The state of being human.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The humanities are school and university subjects about people and culture, such as history, languages and religious studies.↗ Example: Clean water is important for all humanity.↗ · The nurse treated the enemy soldier with humanity.↗ · Landing on the Moon was a great step for humanity.↗ · History and geography are humanities subjects.↗ · The story shows the humanity of the robot, who cares for the little girl.↗ · War crimes are crimes against humanity.↗ · Science can help humanity live longer.↗ · "Prince, be not uneasy; hospitality and humanity are practised as widely in Bengal as they are in Persia.↗

humankind — Everyday, meaning 1: All people together; the human race.↗ Example: The invention of the wheel helped all humankind.↗ · Scientists study the history of humankind.↗ · Christians believe that God made humankind in His image.↗ · Clean water is important for the future of humankind.↗ · Landing on the moon was a giant leap for humankind.↗ · Music belongs to all humankind.↗

humanoid — Everyday, meaning 1: Having a shape or features like a human being: a head, two arms, two legs, walking upright.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A robot, alien or creature that looks like a person.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) A word for early human-like species in old books; scientists today usually say «hominin» or «hominid».↗ Example: The museum had a humanoid robot that could wave and shake hands.↗ · In the film, the aliens were humanoid, with two arms and two legs.↗ · Engineers build humanoid robots so they can walk up stairs like we do.↗ · The statue had a humanoid shape but the head of a bird.↗ · A humanoid robot fell over when it tried to kick a ball.↗ · Our class drew humanoid aliens for the space story.↗ · Not every robot is humanoid; a robot vacuum is shaped like a disc.↗

humble — Everyday, meaning 1: Not proud; not thinking you are better or more important than other people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Simple, poor or ordinary: «a humble cottage», «from humble beginnings».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To make someone feel less proud, or to beat a strong opponent: «The small team humbled the champions.».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (church, Bible) Christians believe God loves the humble; «humble yourself» means put God and others first.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (formal, polite) Used to be polite about yourself: «In my humble opinion…».↗ Example: Even after winning, she stayed humble.↗ · Jesus was born in a humble stable.↗ · He came from humble beginnings and became a doctor.↗ · The little club humbled the league leaders.↗ · I had to eat humble pie when I lost the bet.↗ · «In my humble opinion, pizza is the best food.»↗ · God lifts up the humble.↗ · He went home to his humble room, and modelled a Psyche of clay.↗ · And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.↗ (Torah GEN.34.2, JPS 1917)↗ · I also will walk contrary unto them, and bring them into the land of their enemies; if then perchance their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then be paid the punishment of their iniquity; (Torah LEV.26.41, JPS 1917)↗ · then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.↗ (Torah DEU.22.29, JPS 1917)↗ · Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Thy hand; forget not the humble.↗ (Writings PSA.10.12, JPS 1917)↗ · He guideth The humble in justice; and He teacheth the humble His way.↗ (Writings PSA.25.9, JPS 1917)↗ · When God arose to judgment, to save all the humble of the earth.↗ (Writings PSA.76.10, JPS 1917)↗

humbly — Everyday, meaning 1: Humbly means in a modest way, not thinking you are better or more important than others.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Humbly means in a very polite, respectful way, especially when asking for something or saying sorry.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (church) In prayers and hymns, people come to God humbly, with humble hearts.↗ Example: The winner humbly thanked her team.↗ · «I humbly ask for your forgiveness,» said the knight.↗ · We humbly pray for those who are ill.↗ · He lived humbly in a small cottage.↗ · The servant bowed humbly before the queen.↗ · She humbly admitted she had made a mistake.↗ · It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, and what the LORD doth require of thee: only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.↗ (Prophets MIC.6.8, JPS 1917)↗

humbug — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK) A hard, striped peppermint sweet, often black and white.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Nonsense or a trick meant to fool people: words that sound important but are false.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A person who pretends to be better, kinder or cleverer than they really are.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: As a cry, «Humbug!» means «Rubbish!↗ I don't believe it!»↗ (old-fashioned).↗ Example: Grandad bought a paper bag of mint humbugs at the sweet shop.↗ · «Bah!↗ Humbug!» growled Scrooge when his nephew wished him a merry Christmas.↗ · The magic cure the man sold at the fair was pure humbug.↗ · Don't be such a humbug about the party, Dad!↗ · The humbug stuck to my teeth for ages.↗ · He pretended to be a great explorer, but he was a humbug who had never left town.↗ · My brother says «bah humbug» every time we put up the Christmas tree.↗ · “Doesn’t anyone else know you’re a humbug?” asked Dorothy.↗

humerus — Everyday, meaning 1: The humerus is the long bone in the top part of your arm, between your shoulder and your elbow.↗ Example: The humerus is the bone in your upper arm.↗ · She broke her humerus falling off the swing.↗ · Label the humerus on the skeleton diagram.↗ · The humerus joins the shoulder at the top.↗ · Below the elbow are the radius and ulna, not the humerus.↗ · Your «funny bone» is a nerve near the humerus.↗

humid — Everyday, meaning 1: Humid weather is warm and damp because there is a lot of water vapour in the air, so you feel hot and sticky.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A humid place, like a rainforest or a bathroom after a shower, has damp air.↗ Example: The rainforest is hot and humid.↗ · It was so humid that my clothes stuck to me.↗ · Bathrooms get humid after a hot shower.↗ · The weather forecast says humidity is ninety percent today.↗ · Tropical plants like humid greenhouses.↗ · Singapore has a humid climate all year.↗

humidity — Everyday, meaning 1: The amount of water vapour (invisible water in gas form) in the air.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The damp, sticky, heavy feeling of air that holds a lot of water vapour, as on a hot muggy day.↗ Example: The humidity in the rainforest is very high, so everything feels damp.↗ · Deserts usually have low humidity.↗ · The weather app says the humidity is 85 percent today.↗ · High humidity makes it hard for sweat to dry, so we feel hot and sticky.↗ · We measured the humidity in the classroom with a hygrometer.↗ · Bread goes mouldy faster when the humidity is high.↗ · My hair goes frizzy in the humidity.↗ · Florida summers are famous for their heat and humidity.↗

humiliate — Everyday, meaning 1: To make someone feel very ashamed, foolish or small, especially in front of other people.↗ Example: The bully tried to humiliate him in front of the class.↗ · She felt humiliated when everyone laughed at her mistake.↗ · Losing ten–nil was a humiliating defeat.↗ · It is cruel to humiliate someone for being different.↗ · The coach never humiliates players when they make mistakes.↗ · He was humiliated when his trousers split on stage.↗

humiliated — Everyday, meaning 1: Humiliated means feeling very ashamed and embarrassed, as if you look foolish in front of others, so that you lose pride.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Humiliated is also the past form of humiliate: to make someone feel very ashamed and foolish, especially in public.↗ Example: He felt humiliated when everyone laughed at his mistake.↗ · She was humiliated when her secret was told to the whole class.↗ · The bully humiliated him in front of his friends.↗ · I felt humiliated after I tripped on stage, but my friends cheered me on.↗ · No one should be humiliated for asking a question.↗ · The team was humiliated by a big defeat.↗ · The poor jelly fish, humiliated and horrified beyond all words, cried out for pardon.↗

humiliating — Everyday, meaning 1: Humiliating describes something that makes you feel very ashamed and foolish in front of other people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Humiliating is also the -ing form of humiliate: making someone feel very ashamed.↗ Example: Losing ten to nothing was a humiliating defeat.↗ · Being told off in front of the whole school was humiliating.↗ · Posting a humiliating photo of someone is bullying.↗ · It was humiliating when my trousers split in PE.↗ · Stop humiliating your little brother.↗ · The teacher made sure no one was laughed at, because that can be humiliating.↗ · It is humiliating to have to confess that this conceit of Peter was one of his most fascinating qualities.↗

humiliation — Everyday, meaning 1: Humiliation is the very bad, hot feeling of shame you get when someone makes you look stupid or weak in front of others.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A humiliation is an event that makes someone feel like this, such as losing badly in public.↗ Example: Bullies sometimes try to cause humiliation.↗ · She felt the humiliation of falling over on stage.↗ · Losing ten–nil was a humiliation for the team.↗ · Never laugh at someone to cause them humiliation.↗ · His face went red with humiliation.↗ · Public humiliation can hurt as much as a punch.↗ · The story is about a girl who overcomes humiliation and becomes brave.↗ · Being kind after a mistake helps someone recover from humiliation.↗ · This was humiliation enough, but the most horrible moment was the one in which the two poor creatures felt their tails appear.↗

humility — Everyday, meaning 1: The quality of being humble: not thinking you are better or more important than others.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) A virtue Christians value, following Jesus, who washed his disciples' feet.↗ Example: Even though she won the prize, she spoke with great humility.↗ · Humility means listening to others and admitting your mistakes.↗ · Jesus showed humility when he washed his disciples' feet.↗ · The champion's humility made everyone like him.↗ · Losing the game was a lesson in humility.↗ · It takes humility to say «I was wrong».↗ · The Happy Hunter felt that he was to blame for all that had come to pass, and bore his brother’s scornful scolding with humility and patience.↗ · Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, and before honour goeth humility.↗ (Writings PRO.18.12, JPS 1917)↗ · The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour goeth humility.↗ (Writings PRO.15.33, JPS 1917)↗ · The reward of humility is the fear of the LORD, even riches, and honour, and life.↗ (Writings PRO.22.4, JPS 1917)↗

humming — Everyday, meaning 1: Humming is singing a tune with your lips closed, making a «mmm» sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Humming is a low, steady buzzing sound, like bees, a fridge or machines.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Humming (adjective) can mean busy and full of activity.↗ Example: She was humming her favourite song while she painted.↗ · We heard the humming of bees in the lavender.↗ · The fridge makes a quiet humming noise.↗ · Hum the tune if you don't know the words.↗ · The playground was humming with excitement before the holidays.↗ · The humming of the wires came from the electricity pylons.↗ · ‘What’s that you’re humming?’ asked the old man.↗

hummingbird — Everyday, meaning 1: A hummingbird is a very small, brightly coloured bird from the Americas that beats its wings so fast they hum, and that can hover in one place and even fly backwards.↗ Example: A hummingbird hovered beside the red flower.↗ · Hummingbirds can fly backwards.↗ · The hummingbird drank nectar with its long tongue.↗ · Its wings beat so fast they looked like a blur.↗ · The bee hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world.↗ · We hung a feeder with sugar water for the hummingbirds.↗

hummock — Everyday, meaning 1: A small, rounded hill or mound of earth, grass or snow; a hump in the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A ridge in a field of ice.↗ Example: The rabbit hid behind a grassy hummock.↗ · The marsh was full of mossy hummocks.↗ · Mole stumbled over a hummock in the snow.↗ · We sat on a hummock to eat our sandwiches.↗ · Polar bears walk across the ice hummocks.↗ · The children rolled down the little hummock.↗

humor — Everyday, meaning 1: Humor is a person's mood or state of mind, as in «good humor» (cheerful) or «bad humor» (cross).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Humor is also the ability to see what is funny, or what is said in a funny way.↗ Example: The Lion now recovered his good humor.↗ · She was in a bad humor after the rain.↗ · His humor made everyone laugh.↗