people
人,人民,人们,人民群众
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Definitions
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plural peo·ples for 4.
- : 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: 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.
- : : people's republic; people's army.
- : animals of a specified kind: the monkey people of the forest.
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peo·pled, peo·pling.
- : to furnish with people; populate.
- : to supply or stock as if with people: a meadow peopled with flowers.
Phrases
- people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
- tell (people) apart
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Kelly is among those most torn about what to do, according to people who have spoken with him.
I mean, my own view is that that still just resonates with a lot of people in this country.
We have very few people with it, and the people that have it are … getting better.
Additional investees focus on giving people in underserved and under-resourced communities access to affordable housing.
Such a monumental effort would be slowed down without the buy-in of the people who live in and around these buildings.
Really, is it any wonder that fluoride should freak people out?
Placed in drinking water, fluoride can serve people who otherwise have poor access to dental care.
There was a lot of positive feedback from people interested in non-gender binary people.
Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.
If anything the work the two cops and the maintenance guy were doing deserves more respect and probably helped a lot more people.
The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
The people here retained the same paganism and barbarity, only they were not so dangerous, being conquered by the Muscovites.
All our people were well mounted, and armed with rifles, pistols, and bowie-knives.
“This is a distressing predicament for these young people,” thought Mr. Pickwick, as he dressed himself next morning.
Few people, I think, realize that, and fewer still realize the reasonable consequences of that.