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A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a woman is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and fertile women are capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause.
an adult who lives and identifies as female though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth: She was the first trans woman elected to a national office. Mary is a woman who was assigned male at birth. [ C ] informal. a wife or female sexual partner:
She grew up to become a confident and beautiful woman. She is a grown woman. The store sells shoes for both men and women.
Woman, female, lady are nouns referring to an adult female human being, one paradigm of gender and biological sex for adult human beings. Woman is the general term. It is neutral, lacking either favorable or unfavorable implication, and is the most commonly used of the three: a wealthy woman; a woman of strong character, of unbridled appetites.
Definition of woman noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
SYNONYMS woman, female, lady are nouns referring to adult human beings who are biologically female; that is, capable of bearing offspring. woman is the general term. It is neutral, lacking either favorable or unfavorable implication, and is the most commonly used of the three: a wealthy woman; a woman of strong character, of unbridled appetites.
Mar 5, 2020 · What is a woman? Acclaimed scholar Susan Stryker provides an answer to the age-old question that goes beyond biology and politics.
