people

  • 31People — pp semi protected|small=yesAn English NounThe English noun people has two distinct fields of application: * as a countable noun, a group of humans, either with unspecified traits, or specific characteristics (e.g. the people of Spain or the… …

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  • 32people's —    imposed by autocracy    The language of totalitarianism or contempt in various compounds, as follow:    people s army an army pledged to the support of a regime when the former non political or professional army has been disbanded    people s… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 33people — [[t]pi͟ːp(ə)l[/t]] ♦ peoples, peopling, peopled 1) N PLURAL People are men, women, and children. People is normally used as the plural of person, instead of persons . Millions of people have lost their homes. ...the people of Angola. ...homeless… …

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  • 34people — /ˈpipəl / (say peepuhl) plural noun 1. (construed as singular, with plural peoples) the whole body of persons constituting a community, tribe, race, or nation: this is a united people; they are a nomadic people; the peoples of Africa. 2. the… …

  • 35people — n. & v. n. 1 (usu. as pl.) a persons composing a community, tribe, race, nation, etc. (the English people; a warlike people; the peoples of the Commonwealth). b a group of persons of a usu. specified kind (the chosen people; these people here;… …

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  • 36people — n. 1) average, common, plain; working people 2) old; young people 3) the chosen people 4) boat people ( destitute refugees traveling in boats ) 5) city; country; little, ordinary; primitive people * * * [ piːp(ə)l] common country …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 37people — noun 1 more than one person ADJECTIVE ▪ young ▪ elderly, old ▪ common, normal, ordinary ▪ real …

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  • 38people*/*/*/ — [ˈpiːp(ə)l] noun I 1) [plural] the plural of person The accident left three people dead and many injured.[/ex] People were running everywhere.[/ex] a magazine full of gossip about famous people[/ex] 2) the people [plural] ordinary people who are… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 39people — peo•ple [[t]ˈpi pəl[/t]] n. pl. ples 1) persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general 2) cvb persons considered as numerable individuals forming a group 3) human beings, as distinguished from animals or other beings 4) the entire body… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 40people —    ‘On the stage, people. Come along.’ Thus speaks a character in Mariana, by Monica Dickens. At first glance ‘people’ here appears to be a neutral word, a simile for everyone, but it hints at inclusion in a special group, rather as when a public …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address