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noun

Persons as an organized body: community, public, society. See specific/general.

verb

To live in (a place), as does a people: inhabit, occupy, populate. See place.

Idioms beginning with people:
people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

In addition to the idiom beginning with people, also see tell (people) apart.

n

Definition: human beings
Antonyms: animals, plants

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The aggregate of the individuals who comprise a state or a nation.

In a more restricted sense, as generally used in constitutional law, the entire body of those citizens of a state or a nation who are invested with political power for political purposes (the qualified voters).

IN BRIEF: Any group of human beings collectively.

People who like others are people others like. — Unknown from www.zaadz.com

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Quotes:

"What's important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises. The people have always lived on hope alone." - Hermann Broch

"If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived." - Edmund Burke

"But we are the people of England; and we have not spoken yet. Smile at us, pay us, pass us. But do not quite forget." - Gilbert K. Chesterton

"There are two types of people. Those we who come into a room and say, Well, here I am! and those who come in and say, Ah, there you are." - Frederick L. Collins

"Only a few human beings should grow to the square mile; they are commonly planted too close." - William T. Davis

"The people are to be taken in small doses." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

See more famous quotes about People

For a list of words related to people, see:

• Populations and Resources - people: collection of persons belonging to certain region or ethnic group
• Kinship and Ancestry - people: one’s family and relations; racial, national, or tribal group
• Practice, Techniques, Artifacts, and Tools - people: entire body of human beings forming one community, tribe, clan, nation, or other grouping
• Social Types, Norms, and Symbols - people: all citizens of one state or nation or of the world

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See words rhyming with "people."

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Common misspelling(s) of people

• peopel

Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - folk
v. tr. - befolke
n. - folk

idioms:

• as people go    som folk betragtet
• of all people    af alle mennesker
• people's army    folkehær

Nederlands (Dutch)
mensen, volk, personen, familie, volgelingen, bevolken, bewonen

Français (French)
n. pl. - gens, personnes, habitants, peuple (d'un pays), le peuple, famille, parents
v. tr. - peupler (de) (littér)
n. - peuple, peuplade

idioms:

• as people go    à l'allure où vont les choses
• of all people    parmi tous les autres...
• people's army    armée du peuple, armée populaire

Deutsch (German)
v. - besiedeln
n. pl. - Volk, Leute, Menschen
n. - Volk

idioms:

• as people go    verglichen mit anderen Leuten
• of all people    ausgerechnet
• people's army    Volksarmee

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - οικίζω, κατοικώ
n. pl. - κόσμος, άνθρωποι, λαός, έθνος, συγγενείς, οι δικοί, σόι

idioms:

• as people go    σαν άνθρωπος
• of all people    ιδιαίτερα περισσότερο από όλο τον κόσμο
• people's army    λαϊκός στρατός

Italiano (Italian)
si, popolare, popolo, gente

idioms:

• of all people    tra tutti

Português (Portuguese)
v. - povoar
n. pl. - povo (m), pessoas (f pl), gente (f), nação (f)

idioms:

• of all people    justamente nós

Русский (Russian)
населять, народ, люди

idioms:

• of all people    именно (ты)!

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - personas, antepasados
v. tr. - poblar
n. - alguien, pueblo, nación, gente, vulgo, plebe, familia

idioms:

• as people go    como van las cosas
• of all people    justamente, precisamente, nada menos que a, más que nadie
• people's army    milicia nacional

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - befolka, bebo
n. pl. - folkslag, nation

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
人, 民族, 人们, 使人住在, 居住于, 使充斥

idioms:

• as people go    照一般人所讲的样子
• of all people    在许多人中偏偏...
• people's army    人民军队

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 人, 民族, 人們
v. tr. - 使人住在, 居住於, 使充斥
n. - 人, 民族, 人們

idioms:

• as people go    照一般人所講的樣子
• of all people    在許多人中偏偏...
• people's army    人民軍隊

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 시민, 국민, 주민
v. tr. - 사람을 거주 시키다, (동물을)많이 살게 하다, 살다
n. - 사람들

idioms:

• as people go    세상 통례대로 한다면

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 人々, 世間の人々, 一般民衆, 国民, 庶民, 住民, 家族
v. - 人を住まわせる

idioms:

• as things/bosses/ people go    世間並みから言えば
• of all people    人もあろうに

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجعله مسكونا (الجمع) ناس, , قوم, أهل قريه ما, شعب, شعوب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮אנשים, בני-אדם, ההמון, אבות, מלווים (בארה"ב), קרובי-משפחה (בריטניה)‬
v. tr. - ‮אכלס, מילא באנשים‬
n. - ‮אומה, שבט, גזע, עם, קהילה של כנסייה‬

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