people
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
How often you will meet it
Rank 171 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 139,473 times across 157,096 chapters — 0.066% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively old peoplethere were at least 200 people in the audience
- the body of citizens of a state or country also: citizenry the Spanish people
- members of a family line his people have been farmers for generationsare your people still alive?
- the common people generally also: multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, the great unwashed separate the warriors from the masspower to the people
verb
- fill with people Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes
- furnish with people The plains are sparsely populated
people in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It was, therefore, called by the people of the neighbourhood, the Golden River.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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When I like people immensely, I never tell their names to any one.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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The town is full of people, great and small, Each inn is crowded to its very wall.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Brave woman! you have done your people and mine a service which can neither be weighed nor measured.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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People stand up in the carriages, women and men; the fence is loaded with people, often standing, too, to see that tree.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1