Definitions of People [ˈpi pəl]

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Definition of 'People'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) people
persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general.

2.  people
persons considered as numerable individuals forming a group.

3.  people
human beings, as distinguished from animals or other beings.

4.  people
the entire body of persons who constitute a community or other group by virtue of a common culture, religion, or the like.

5.  people
the persons of any particular group, company, or number (sometimes used in combination):
salespeople.

6.  people
the ordinary persons, as distinguished from those who have wealth, rank, influence, etc.

7.  people
the subjects, followers, or subordinates of a ruler, leader, employer, etc.

8.  people
the body of enfranchised citizens of a state.

9.  people
a person's family or relatives.

10. (v.t.) people
to furnish with people; populate.

11.  people
to supply or stock as if with people.

Etymology: (1225–75; ME peple < AF poeple, OF pueple < L populus)

Definition of 'People'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) people
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
"old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

2. (noun) citizenry, people
the body of citizens of a state or country
"the Spanish people"

3. (noun) people
members of a family line
"his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"

4. (verb) multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed
the common people generally
"separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

5. (verb) people
fill with people
"Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes"

6. (verb) people
furnish with people
"The plains are sparsely populated"

Definition of 'People'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. people
the people
average people, especially in a particular country
The people should decide whether or not to go to war.

2. people
a race of people
the many peoples of the world

Definition of 'People'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) People
the body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation

2. (noun) People
persons, generally; an indefinite number of men and women; folks; population, or part of population; as, country people; -- sometimes used as an indefinite subject or verb, like on in French, and man in German; as, people in adversity

3. (noun) People
the mass of comunity as distinguished from a special class; the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; as, nobles and people

4. (noun) People
one's ancestors or family; kindred; relations; as, my people were English

5. (noun) People
one's subjects; fellow citizens; companions; followers

6. (verb) People
to stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate

Translation of 'People'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: persons There were three people in the room.
Afrikaans: mense	Arabic: أشْخاص	Bulgarian: души
Brazilian: pessoas	Czech: osoby, lidé	German: die Leute (pl.)
Danish: personer	Greek: άνθρωποι	Spanish: personas
Estonian: inimesed	Farsi: افراد؛ اشخاص	Finnish: väki
French: personne	Hebrew: אֲנָשִׁים	Hindi: लोग
Croatian: ljudi, narod	Hungarian: emberek	Indonesian: orang
Icelandic: fólk, manneskjur	Italian: persone	Japanese: 人々
Korean: 사람	Lithuanian: žmonės, asmenys	Latvian: cilvēki
Malay: orang	Dutch: mensen	Norwegian: mennesker, personer
Polish: ludzie, osoby	Persian: افراد؛ اشخاص	Pashto: خلک
Portuguese: pessoa	Romanian: persoane	Russian: люди
Slovak: osoby,ľudia	Slovenian: osebe	Serbian: ljudi
Swedish: personer	Thai: บุคคล	Turkish: kişiler
Taiwanese: 人	Ukrainian: люди	Urdu: افراد
Vietnamese: người	Chinese: 人
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