people
Forms
- Plural
- peoples
- present (v1)
- people
- past (v2)
- peopled
- past participle (v3)
- peopled
- present participle
- peopling
- 3rd person singular
- peoples
Definitions
1.plural of person: a body of persons considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
- XXII people was in this parrish drownd.
- These six people are waiting for the bus.
- Under dictatorship, people suffered and died.
2.Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
- Other nationalisms aimed at liberating subjugated peoples who spoke the same language and lived in the same territory.
- The team auctioned off the right to name the new species to publicize the find and raise awareness and funds for the indigenous Lahu people of northern Thailand, a group that Sippawat is part of.
3.A group of persons regarded as being servants, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler or leader.
- Moses said, "Let my people go."
- The ox knows its owner, and the ass its master's crib; but Israel does not know, my people does not understand.
4.One's colleagues or employees.
- I have my people working on it.
- I'll have my people call your people.
- Can I have one of my people get back to your people, Mr. President?" She tried to slam the phone back into the base and failed.
1.To become populous or populated.
2.To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.
3.To interact with people; to socialize.(informal)
- I don't people well.” He laughed at that. “You do okay,” he assured her.
- 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.
4.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:..
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #62
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Uncommon
Etymology
From Middle English puple, peple, peeple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French pueple, peuple, pople, from Latin populus (“a people, nation”), from Old Latin populus, from earlier poplus, from even earlier poplos, from Proto-Italic *poplos (“army”) of unknown origin. Doublet of pueblo. Gradually ousted native English lede and, partially, folk.