People | Mean of people in English Dictionary

/ˈpiːpəl/

• Noun
• individual human beings
1. We met all sorts of people on the trip.
2. rich/poor people
3. The neighbors are nice people.
4. The people next door own a dog.
• human beings as a group
1. He doesn't care what people think of him. [=he doesn't care what anyone thinks of him]
2. People can be really cruel sometimes.
3. People think the coach should be fired.
4. She tends to annoy people.
5. People say it's impossible, but I'm still going to try.
• a group of people who share a quality, interest, etc.
1. a book for young people
2. the American people
3. The environmental people [=the people who are interested in protecting the environment] are against the town's plan to build more houses along the river.
4. city people [=people who live in cities]
5. businesspeople [=people whose jobs involve business]
6. salespeople

• a group of people who make up a race, tribe, nation, etc.
1. a people who migrated across the Bering Strait
2. the native peoples of Mexico
3. peoples of Asia
• the ordinary people in a country who do not have special power or privileges
1. She is well-liked as a senator because she listens to the people.
2. the common people
3. He is a man of the people. [=he is someone who understands or is like ordinary people]
• people who are related to or connected with someone: such as
• people who are ruled or governed by someone
1. The queen was loved by her people.
• family members
1. She is visiting her people [=folks, family] in Texas.
2. Where are your people from?
• the people who work for you or your company, organization, etc.
1. Our people are working hard to restore electricity to the city.
• an honest, helpful, or morally good person
1. I like him; he's good people.
• Verb
• to live or be in (a place)
1. The town is peopled [=inhabited] almost entirely by factory workers.
2. a campus peopled with students from around the world
• to put people in (something, such as a story)
1. The story is peopled with odd characters. [=the characters in the story are odd]