ALL meanings of people
peo·ple
P p - abbreviation PEOPLE persons 1
- noun plural people inhabitants 1
- noun plural people citizens 1
- noun plural people general public 1
- noun plural people indefinite group 1
- noun people nation, cultural group 1
- noun people subordinates 1
- noun people ancestors 1
- noun people beings, creatures 1
- noun people relatives 1
- abbreviation PEOPLE populate 1
- noun plural people persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think? 1
- noun plural people persons, whether men, women, or children, considered as numerable individuals forming a group: Twenty people volunteered to help. 1
- noun plural people human beings, as distinguished from animals or other beings. 1
- noun plural people 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. 1
- noun plural people the persons of any particular group, company, or number (sometimes used in combination): the people of a parish; educated people; salespeople. 1
- noun plural people the ordinary persons, as distinguished from those who have wealth, rank, influence, etc.: a man of the people. 1
- noun plural people the subjects, followers, or subordinates of a ruler, leader, employer, etc.: the king and his people. 1
- noun plural people the body of enfranchised citizens of a state: representatives chosen by the people. 1
- noun plural people a person's family or relatives: My grandmother's people came from Iowa. 1
- noun plural people (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. 1
- noun plural people animals of a specified kind: the monkey people of the forest. 1
- verb with object people to furnish with people; populate. 1
- verb with object people to supply or stock as if with people: a meadow peopled with flowers. 1
- noun people a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons. 1
- noun people a human being as distinguished from an animal or a thing. 1
- noun people an individual human being who likes or prefers something specified (used in combination): I've never been a cat person. 1
- noun people Sociology. an individual human being, especially with reference to his or her social relationships and behavioral patterns as conditioned by the culture. 1
- noun people Philosophy. a self-conscious or rational being. 1
- noun people the actual self or individual personality of a human being: You ought not to generalize, but to consider the person you are dealing with. 1
- noun people the body of a living human being, sometimes including the clothes being worn: He had no money on his person. 1
- noun people the body in its external aspect: an attractive person to look at. 1
- noun people a character, part, or role, as in a play or story. 1
- noun people an individual of distinction or importance. 1
- noun people a person not entitled to social recognition or respect. 1
- noun people Law. a human being (natural person) or a group of human beings, a corporation, a partnership, an estate, or other legal entity (artificial person or juristic person) recognized by law as having rights and duties. 1
- noun people Grammar. a category found in many languages that is used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to or about whom he or she is speaking. In English there are three persons in the pronouns, the first represented by I and we, the second by you, and the third by he, she, it, and they. Most verbs have distinct third person singular forms in the present tense, as writes; the verb be has, in addition, a first person singular form am. 1
- noun people Theology. any of the three hypostases or modes of being in the Trinity, namely the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. 1
- idioms people be one's own person, to be free from restrictions, control, or dictatorial influence: Now that she's working, she feels that she's her own person. 1
- idioms people in person, in one's own bodily presence; personally: Applicants are requested to apply in person. 1
- noun plural people People are men, women, and children. People is normally used as the plural of person, instead of 'persons'. 0
- noun plural people The people is sometimes used to refer to ordinary men and women, in contrast to the government or the upper classes. 0
- countable noun people A people is all the men, women, and children of a particular country or race. 0
- verb people If a place or country is peopled by a particular group of people, that group of people live there. 0
- verb people If something such as a story or a time in history is peopled with people of a particular kind, those people occur or exist in it. 0
- noun people persons collectively or in general 0
- noun people a group of persons considered together 0
- noun people the persons living in a country and sharing the same nationality 0
- noun people one's family 0
- noun people persons loyal to someone powerful 0