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- pronunciation:
- pi
p
 l
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
people, peoples |
| definition 1: |
People are human beings. You, your family, your friends, and your neighbors are all people.
Our cat is a little afraid of people.There are always a lot of people in the stores at holiday time.
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| definition 2: |
When we talk about "a people" we are talking about all the persons who belong to one particular community, country, religion, or race. In the world, there are many different "peoples." If we talk about "the American people," for example, we mean Americans in general--Americans as one particular group in the world.
The Prime Minister spoke to the Canadian people on TV last night.The two leaders agreed to make peace between their two peoples.The ancient hill people had a language that no one speaks anymore, but scientists are studying the writing that still remains.- synonyms:
- community, race, tribe
- similar words:
- clan, country, folk, public
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| definition 3: |
Your people are your family or relatives.
My dad says that our people came from Ireland.- synonyms:
- family
- similar words:
- folks, relations, relatives
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| definition 4: |
When a leader of government speaks to "the people," it means that he or she speaks to all the ordinary citizens.
The new mayor hopes he can do more for the people of the city than the old government did.- similar words:
- public
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| related words: |
earth, man, neighborhood |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
peoples, peopling, peopled |
| definition: |
When human beings people a region, it means that they come to live there.
Native Americans were the first to people the country we now call the United States.- synonyms:
- inhabit
- similar words:
- colonize, fill
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| related words: |
inhabit, occupy |
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