to a man
/tuː‿ə ˈmæn/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.80 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Example Sentences
- "There is hardly a man in the world, one would think so ignorant, as not to know that the ordinary quack-doctors, who publish their great abilities in little brown billets, distributed to all who pass by, are to a man impostors and murderers; […]"
- "To a man, Cyrenaica's new landlords insist they are the launchpad for a countrywide liberation, with Tripoli as the capital, not a separatist movement."
- "[W]ould Iran’s players sing their national anthem, which is seen as a gesture in support of the regime? To a man, the answer was a stony-faced no."
Etymology
From to (“indicating a limit reached”) + a + man (“adult male human; human regardless of gender or sex”), indicating that something reaches the extent of every individual person.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tuː‿ə ˈmæn/
- British English: /tuː‿ə ˈmæn/