Definitions for People
ˈpi pəlPeo·ple

Princeton's WordNet(3.49 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. people(noun)

   (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

   "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

2. citizenry, people(noun)

   the body of citizens of a state or country

   "the Spanish people"

3. people(noun)

   members of a family line

   "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"

4. multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed(verb)

   the common people generally

   "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

5. people(verb)

   fill with people

   "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes"

6. people(verb)

   furnish with people

   "The plains are sparsely populated"

Wiktionary(3.40 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. people(Noun)

   ; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.

   Etymology: From peple, peple, from people, from pueple, pople (modern peuple), from populus "people", of unknown origin. Probably of non-Indo-European origin, from . Gradually ousted native leed (from leode).

2. people(Noun)

   (plural peoples) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc; folk; community.

   Etymology: From peple, peple, from people, from pueple, pople (modern peuple), from populus "people", of unknown origin. Probably of non-Indo-European origin, from . Gradually ousted native leed (from leode).

3. people(Noun)

   A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.

   Etymology: From peple, peple, from people, from pueple, pople (modern peuple), from populus "people", of unknown origin. Probably of non-Indo-European origin, from . Gradually ousted native leed (from leode).

4. people(Noun)

   One's colleagues or employees.

   Etymology: From peple, peple, from people, from pueple, pople (modern peuple), from populus "people", of unknown origin. Probably of non-Indo-European origin, from . Gradually ousted native leed (from leode).

5. people(Noun)

   A person's ancestors, relatives or family.

   My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War.

   Etymology: From peple, peple, from people, from pueple, pople (modern peuple), from populus "people", of unknown origin. Probably of non-Indo-European origin, from . Gradually ousted native leed (from leode).

6. people(Noun)

   The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.

   Etymology: From peple, peple, from people, from pueple, pople (modern peuple), from populus "people", of unknown origin. Probably of non-Indo-European origin, from . Gradually ousted native leed (from leode).

7. people(Verb)

   To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.

   Etymology: From peple, peple, from people, from pueple, pople (modern peuple), from populus "people", of unknown origin. Probably of non-Indo-European origin, from . Gradually ousted native leed (from leode).

8. people(Verb)

   To become populous or populated.

   Etymology: From peple, peple, from people, from pueple, pople (modern peuple), from populus "people", of unknown origin. Probably of non-Indo-European origin, from . Gradually ousted native leed (from leode).

9. people(Verb)

   To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

   Etymology: From peple, peple, from people, from pueple, pople (modern peuple), from populus "people", of unknown origin. Probably of non-Indo-European origin, from . Gradually ousted native leed (from leode).

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. People(noun)

   the body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. popler, puepler, F. puepler. Cf. Populate.]

2. People(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. popler, puepler, F. puepler. Cf. Populate.]

3. People(noun)

   the mass of comunity as distinguished from a special class; the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; as, nobles and people

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. popler, puepler, F. puepler. Cf. Populate.]

4. People(noun)

   one's ancestors or family; kindred; relations; as, my people were English

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. popler, puepler, F. puepler. Cf. Populate.]

5. People(noun)

   one's subjects; fellow citizens; companions; followers

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. popler, puepler, F. puepler. Cf. Populate.]

6. People(verb)

   to stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate

   Etymology: [Cf. OF. popler, puepler, F. puepler. Cf. Populate.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. People

   People is a weekly American magazine of celebrity and human-interest stories, published by Time Inc. With a readership of 46.6 million adults, People has the largest audience of any American magazine. People had $997 million in advertising revenue in 2011, the highest advertising revenue of any American magazine. In 2006, it had a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion. It was named "Magazine of the Year" by Advertising Age in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation and advertising. People ranked #6 on Advertising Age's annual "A-list" and #3 on Adweek's "Brand Blazers" list in October 2006. The magazine runs a roughly 50/50 mix of celebrity and human-interest articles. People's editors claim to refrain from printing pure celebrity gossip, enough so to lead celebrity publicists to propose exclusives to the magazine, evidence of what one staffer calls a "publicist-friendly strategy". People's website, People.com, focuses exclusively on celebrity news. In February 2007, the website drew 39.6 million page views "within a day" of the Golden Globes. However "the mother ship of Oscar coverage" broke a site record with 51.7 million page views on the day after the Oscars, beating the previous record set just a month before from the Golden Globes.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. People

   pē′pl, n. persons generally: the men, women, and children of a country or a nation: the mass of persons as distinguished from the rulers, &c.: an indefinite number: inhabitants: the vulgar: the populace:—pl. Peoples (pē′plz), races, tribes.—v.t. to stock with people or inhabitants.—People's palace, an institution for the amusement, recreation, and association of the working-classes, as that in the East End of London, inaugurated in 1887.—Chosen people, the Israelites; Good people, or folk, a popular euphemistic name for the fairies; Peculiar people (see Peculiar); The people, the populace, the mass. [Fr. peuple—L. populus, prob. reduplicated from root of plebs, people.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. people

   All human beings as a collective.

   People are amazing and interesting to learn from.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 6, 2020  

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1. people

   Song lyrics by people -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by people on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'People' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #86

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'People' in Written Corpus Frequency: #85

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'People' in Nouns Frequency: #3

How to pronounce People?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say People in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of People in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of People in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of People in a Sentence

1. Alfred E. Newman:

   Some people are like blisters----they show up after the work is done.

2. Anne Hathaway:

   It’s an obvious thing, you win an Oscar and you’re supposed to be happy. I didn’t feel that way. I felt wrong that I was standing there in a gown that cost more than some people are going to see in their lifetime, and winning an award for portraying pain that still felt very much a part of our collective experience as human beings, i tried to pretend that I was happy and I got called out on it, big time. That’s the truth and that’s what happened.

3. Mwenda Njoka:

   If there are cases of people who have disappeared and the believed they could be held by ATPU, let them report to the police, the interior ministry.

4. Tokyo Sexwale:

   I have just been to Robben Island with him to show him the place where Nelson Mandela was. I hope he will be carrying the spirit of that reconciliation which Nelson Mandela was known for, gianni has got a very heavy responsibility on his shoulders... and he needs many people to side with him. There will be all kinds of criticism, all kinds of negatives. But I think he is strong enough to go through that.

5. James Gordon:

   It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not.

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