Definitions for People
ˈpi pəlpeo·ple

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.6 / 9 votes

1. peoplenoun

   (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, peoplenoun

   the body of citizens of a state or country

   "the Spanish people"

3. peoplenoun

   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 unwashedverb

   the common people generally

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

5. peopleverb

   fill with people

   "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes"

6. peopleverb

   furnish with people

   "The plains are sparsely populated"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.4 / 5 votes

1. peoplenoun

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

2. peoplenoun

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

3. peoplenoun

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

4. peoplenoun

   One's colleagues or employees.

5. peoplenoun

   A person's ancestors, relatives or family.

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

6. peoplenoun

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

7. peopleverb

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

8. peopleverb

   To become populous or populated.

9. peopleverb

   To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

10. 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).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Peoplenoun

   Etymology: peuple, Fr. populus, Lat.

   1. A nation; these who compose a community.

   Prophesy again before many peoples and nations and tongues. Revelations x. 11.

   Ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in summer. Proverbs xxx. 25.

   What is the city but the people?
   True the people are the city. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   2. The vulgar.

   The knowing artist may
   Judge better than the people, but a play
   Made for delight,
   If you approve it not, has no excuse. Edmund Waller.

   3. The commonalty; not the princes or nobles.4. Persons of a particular class.

   If a man temper his actions to content every combination of people, the musick will be the fuller. Francis Bacon.

   A small red flower in the stubble fields country people call the wincopipe. Francis Bacon.

   5. Men, or persons in general. In this sense, the word people is used indefinitely, like on in French.

   The frogs petitioning for a king, bids people have a care of struggling with heaven. Roger L'Estrange.

   People were tempted to lend by great premiums and large interest. Jonathan Swift, Miscellanies.

   Watery liquor will keep an animal from starving by diluting the fluids; for people have lived twenty-four days upon nothing but water. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

   People in adversity should preserve laudable customs. Clarissa.

2. To Peopleverb

   To stock with inhabitants.

   Etymology: peupler, French.

   Suppose that Brute, or whosoever else that first peopled this island, had arrived upon Thames, and called the island after his name Britannia. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.

   He would not be alone, who all things can;
   But peopled Heav’n with angels, earth with man. Dryden.

   Beauty a monarch is,
   Which kingly power magnificently proves
   By crouds of slaves, and peopled empire loves. Dryden.

   A peopl’d city made a desert place. Dryden.

   Imperious death directs his ebon lance;
   Peoples great Henry’s tombs, and leads up Holben’s dance. Matthew Prior.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PEOPLE

   The Green Party, also known as the Green Party UK, was a Green political party in the United Kingdom. Prior to 1985 it was called the Ecology Party, and before that PEOPLE. In 1990, it separated into three political parties: the Green Party of England and Wales the Scottish Greens the Green Party Northern IrelandDespite the UK Green Party no longer existing as an entity, "Green Party" (singular) is still used colloquially to refer collectively to the three separate parties; for example, in the reporting of opinion polls and election results.

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1. people

   People refers to human beings as a collective group or individuals. It encompasses all individuals, irrespective of age, gender, race, nationality, or any other distinguishing characteristic. This term recognizes the diverse nature of humanity and emphasizes the shared qualities, abilities, and experiences that bind individuals together as social beings. People have cognitive abilities, emotions, social interactions, cultural beliefs and practices, and the capacity for self-awareness and consciousness. They possess unique identities, contribute to society, and are capable of forming relationships, communities, and broader social structures.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Peoplenoun

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

2. Peoplenoun

   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. Peoplenoun

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

4. Peoplenoun

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

5. Peoplenoun

   one's subjects; fellow citizens; companions; followers

6. Peopleverb

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

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

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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 DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

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 ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. people

   All human beings as a collective.

   People are amazing and interesting to learn from.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 6, 2020  

2. ---

   people

   Plural form of the word person.

   People are amazing to communicate with and share food and time with.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on October 2, 2020  

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1. people

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PEOPLE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, People is ranked #43285 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The People surname appeared 499 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname People.
   
   75.3% or 376 total occurrences were Black.
   19% or 95 total occurrences were White.
   2.2% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.8% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Dwell
   • Family
   • Group
   • Populate

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

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How to pronounce People?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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. Markus Huber:

   Most of the fall is coming from China ... European markets are getting hit, i think a lot of people have the view that China is going to continue to slow down and that slowdown is not really priced into European markets at the moment.

2. Brian Hioe:

   China's threats occur with such frequency that it's something like background noise, and so people here actually don't really think that seriously about the possibility of repercussions from a Pelosi visit.

3. Jason Rivera:

   There’s been a societal and cultural change. It’s a faster-paced environment, and there are more two-income households where people have to pay attention to personal care because they’re out in the work force, at the same time, people are realizing that massage has an impact on the body, that going to a hairstylist is therapeutic.

4. Nigel Adams:

   Clearly there's no cost of living crisis for 'Two Kitchens' Miliband, it's a bit rich lecturing people about poverty from his 2 million pound mansion.

5. Michael Winner:

   A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=People
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/People
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=People
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/People
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=People
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=People
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=People