people (ˈpiːpəll
)
Definitions
noun (usually functioning as plural)
- persons collectively or in general
- a group of persons considered together ⇒
blind people
- 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
- See the people
verb
- (tr) to provide with or as if with people or inhabitants
Word Origin
C13: from Old French pople, from Latin populus; see populaceSynonyms
View thesaurus entry=
persons,
humans,
individuals,
folk,
men and women
human beings,
humanity,
mankind,
mortals,
the human race,
Homo sapiens,
PPL
= the public
the crowd,
the masses,
the general public,
the mob,
the herd
the grass roots,
the rank and file
the multitude,
the populace,
the proletariat,
the rabble,
the plebs,
the proles the commonalty (the) hoi polloi PPL
=
nation,
public,
community,
subjects,
population,
residents,
citizens,
folk,
inhabitants,
electors,
populace,
tax payers,
citizenry,
(general) public PPL
Quotations
"The voice of the people is the voice of God"
Translations
- British English:
people
People are men, women, and children.Millions of people lost their homes.ˈpiːpl NOUN Millions of people lost their homes.
- Spanish:
gente
nf
- French:
gens
nm_pl
- German:
Menschen
npl
- Chinese: 人们 n 人
- Arabic: نَاسٌ npl
- Portuguese: pessoas npl
- Russian: люди npl
- Croatian: ljudi osoba
- Czech: lidé npl
- Danish: folk npl
- Dutch: mensen npl
- Finnish: ihmiset npl
- Greek: άνθρωποι npl
- Italian: persone npl
- Japanese: 人々 n
- Korean: 사람들 npl
- Norwegian: personer npl
- Polish: ludzie npl osoba
- Brazilian Portuguese: pessoas npl
- European Spanish:
gente
nf
- Swedish: folk nnt
- Thai: ผู้คน npl
- Turkish: insanlar npl kişi
- Vietnamese: người n
Usage examples
She was a tyrant around anyone else, but the people remembered her small kindnesses and were probably genuinely sorry to see her go.
, TREASON KEEP (2001)but offshore sites create a whole different set of arguments, surrounding not people but wildlife and national security.
Country Life (2004)And by the time they are discovered, 200 people might voted 1,000 times.
Irish Times (2002)Gaza's Nasr hospital said it was treating 13 people , some in critical condition.
Glasgow Herald (2001)The Ancestors, the Old Ones, who have gone before --- these people still exist as metaphysical entities in the landscape itself.
, ABORIGINE DREAMING: Introduction to the Wisdom and Thought of the Aboriginal Traditions of Australia (2002)