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people /pēˈpl/ noun- (in the following senses, used as a sing with a pl peoples or, often in the Bible, people) a set of persons
- A nation
- A community
- A body of persons held together by a common origin, speech, culture, political union, or by a common leadership, headship, etc
- Transferred to a set of animals as if forming a nation
- (in the following senses, used as a pl) the mass of the nation
- General population
- Populace
- The citizens
- Voters
- Subjects
- Followers
- Retainers
- Employees
- Servants
- Attendants
- Congregation
- Close relatives
- Members of one's household
- Parents
- Ancestors and descendants
- Inhabitants of a place
- Transferred to animal inhabitants
- The persons associated with any business
- Laity
- (approaching a pronoun) they, one, folks
combining form Denoting belonging or relating to the general populace, as in people power, people-oriented transitive verb- To stock with people or inhabitants
- To inhabit
- To occupy as if inhabiting
ORIGIN: OFr poeple, from L populus peoˈplehood noun people carrier noun - A vehicle with seating capacity for eg a large family
- A people mover
people mover noun A car, carriage, etc, used to transport people at airports, etc, usually running on a fixed rail or track people person noun (informal) Someone who enjoys or excels at working or dealing with others people power noun The power of ordinary people to influence political decisions by means of demonstrations, etc people's democracy noun A form of government in which the proletariat, represented by the Communist Party, holds power, seen ideologically as a transitional state on the way to full socialism people's front same as popular front (see under popular). people skills plural noun (informal) The ability to work or deal with others harmoniously People's Party see populist under popular People's Republic noun A name adopted by some socialist or communist states person /pûrˈsn/ noun (pl in the sense of an individual human being, usu people /pēˈpl/; in formal, technical, etc use perˈsons)- A living soul or self-conscious being
- A character represented, as on the stage
- A capacity in which one is acting
- A personality
- A human being, sometimes used contemptuously or patronizingly
- An individual of a compound or colonial animal
- The outward appearance, etc of a human being
- Bodily form
- Human figure (often including clothes)
- Bodily presence or action
- A personage (obsolete)
- A human being (natural person), or a corporation (artificial person) regarded as having rights and duties under the law
- A hypostasis of the Godhead (theology)
- A form of inflection or use of a word as it, or its subject, relates to the person, persons, thing, or things speaking (first person), spoken to (second person), or spoken about (third person) (grammar)
combining form Used instead of man1to avoid illegal or unnecessary discrimination on grounds of sex, eg barperson, chairperson, postperson ORIGIN: L persōna an actor's mask perˈsonable adjective - Of good appearance, attractive
- Easy to get on with, likeable
perˈsonableness noun perˈsonage noun - Bodily frame or appearance
- A person, esp an important or august one
- A character in a play or story
- Recognized or imagined character or personality (Spenser, etc)
perˈsonhood noun perˈsonize or perˈsonise transitive verb To personify Person Friday a Man or Girl Friday (see man and girl). perˈsonpower noun Manpower, applying to either sex perˈson-to-perˈson adjective - (of a telephone call) personal
- Involving meeting or contact (also adverb)
in person - In actual bodily presence
- By one's own act, not by an agent or representative
on or about one's person With one, worn or carried about one's body |