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people
[ pee-puhl ]
noun
- persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general:
to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
- persons, whether men, women, or children, considered as numerable individuals forming a group:
Twenty people volunteered to help.
- human beings, as distinguished from animals or other beings.
- the entire body of persons who constitute a community, tribe, nation, or other group by virtue of a common culture, history, religion, or the like:
the people of Australia; the Jewish people.
- the persons of any particular group, company, or number (sometimes used in combination):
the people of a parish; educated people; salespeople.
- the ordinary persons, as distinguished from those who have wealth, rank, influence, etc.:
a man of the people.
- the subjects, followers, or subordinates of a ruler, leader, employer, etc.:
the king and his people.
- the body of enfranchised citizens of a state:
representatives chosen by the people.
- a person's family or relatives:
My grandmother's people came from Iowa.
- (used in the possessive in Communist or left-wing countries to indicate that an institution operates under the control of or for the benefit of the people, especially under Communist leadership):
people's republic; people's army.
- animals of a specified kind:
the monkey people of the forest.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with people; populate.
- to supply or stock as if with people:
a meadow peopled with flowers.
people
/ ˈ±è¾±Ë±èÉ™±ô /
noun
- persons collectively or in general
- a group of persons considered together
blind people
- peoples the persons living in a country and sharing the same nationality
the French people
- one's family
he took her home to meet his people
- persons loyal to someone powerful
the king's people accompanied him in exile
- the people
- the mass of persons without special distinction, privileges, etc
- the body of persons in a country, esp those entitled to vote
verb
- tr to provide with or as if with people or inhabitants
Usage Note
Usage
Grammar Note
Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From
- ±è±ð´Çp±ô±ð·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ±è±ð´Çp±ô±ð°ù noun
- ´Ç³Ü³Ùp±ð´Çp±ô±ð verb (used with object) outpeopled outpeopling
- ³Ü²Ôd±ð°ù·±è±ð´Çp±ô±ð»å adjective
- ·É±ð±ô±ô-±è±ð´Çp±ô±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of people1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with people , also see tell (people) apart .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
He contended that despite their disputes he did contribute “those Emmys, people going crazy†for his music, even if it took them a while to enjoy it.
Allen was usually shy, but if she was surrounded by the right people, she would sing, dance and make jokes, her family said.
But it's a particularly delicate experience for queer people, who often spend a fair share of their childhood and adolescence conforming to the rigid norms of their surroundings.
Social media influencers pose a "new and increasing threat" for uncontacted indigenous people, a charity has warned after the arrest of a US tourist who travelled to a restricted Indian Ocean island.
The health ministry earlier reported the killing of another 97 people in Israeli attacks over the previous 24 hours, as Israel said its ground offensive was expanding to seize large parts of the Palestinian territory.
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How Do You Spell People?
Spelling tips for people
The word people is hard to spell because, based on how it’s pronounced, you wouldn’t expect that o to be there.Â
How to spell people: First, remember that it’s not spelled peeple, even though it sounds like it should be. Next, remember that it has an o in it. Then remember that the letters op when placed together look like the two eyes and a nose on a person’s face, looking out at you from the middle of the word (see it now?!).
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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