people

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/ˈpi.pəl/

verb 4

Collocations

(noun.) more than one person

ADJ

young | elderly, old | common, ordinary

(very) important

The company hired an important person to lead their new marketing department.

famous | middle-class, working-class | business, professional, working | unemployed

blind, deaf, disabled

Many blind people use guide dogs to help them navigate busy city streets.

intelligent | interesting, nice | strange | single | homeless

VERB + PEOPLE

meet

attract

The new shopping mall has attracted thousands of people since it opened last month.

(noun.) of a particular place/race

ADJ

local | country | indigenous, native

primitive

Early anthropologists studied the traditions of primitive people living in remote mountain regions.

tribal

Arab, Japanese, Slav, etc.

Many Japanese people enjoy eating sushi and other traditional foods.

black, white

VERB + PEOPLE

represent

Our lawyer will represent all the people affected by the environmental damage.

PHRASES

the peoples of the world

Definitions

verb

To interact with people; to socialize.

I don't people well.” “Not peopling well is a crap excuse,” I retorted, and started to step around him, but a sudden thought occurred to me.

My head tilted as Calvin said, "Don't worry about him. He just doesn't people well. The fuck? I people. Sometimes. With people I know.

verb

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

He would not be alone, who all things can; / But peopled Heav'n with Angels, Earth with Man.

Scenes, long since forgotten, had been peopling his solitude with one still cherished image paramount over all; one young fair face, whose sweet eyes seemed to look upon him reproachfully:...

To become populous or populated.

To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

[…] / As thick and numberless / As the gay motes that people the Sun Beams, / […]

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the body of citizens of a state or country

citizenry

noun — the common people generally

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

some people

Expresses disapproval at the actions of a person; a disapproving response to a person doing something silly, bizarre, nonsensical or ill-mannered.

Person A: You do realise that she has just jumped on the table and started shouting at the rest of the people in the room, don’t you?

people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

One should not criticize others if one has similar weaknesses.

people person

One who interacts skilfully with other people and who receives satisfaction from such interaction.

of all people

Especially; more than other people

You of all people have most need of perfect love; because this alone casts out fear

man of the people

A man, usually a celebrity or political leader, who shows understanding of and sympathy for the concerns of ordinary people, and who has a rapport with and acceptance by them.

He could hang about a bar-room, discussing the affairs of the nation, for twelve hours together; and in that time could hold forth with more intolerable dulness, chew more tobacco,

Example Bank

I don't people well.” “Not peopling well is a crap excuse,” I retorted, and started to step around him, but a sudden thought occurred to me.

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My head tilted as Calvin said, "Don't worry about him. He just doesn't people well. The fuck? I people. Sometimes. With people I know.

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I don't people well.” He laughed at that. “You do okay,” he assured her.

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He would not be alone, who all things can; / But peopled Heav'n with Angels, Earth with Man.

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Scenes, long since forgotten, had been peopling his solitude with one still cherished image paramount over all; one young fair face, whose sweet eyes seemed to look upon him reproachfully:...

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[…] / As thick and numberless / As the gay motes that people the Sun Beams, / […]

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, people is marked as informal, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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