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" Haven't we put off problems without clarifying Japan's will to protect the lives and assets of its people and territory with its own hands, and merely accepted the benefits of economic prosperity?"
Shinzo Abe

Meaning of "people" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PEOPLE

From Old French pople, from Latin populus.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PEOPLE

ˈpiːpəl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEOPLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
People is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb people in English.

WHAT DOES PEOPLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

People

A people is a plurality of persons considered as a whole, as in an ethnic group or nation. Collectively, for example, Jews are known as "the Jewish people", European Gypsies comprise the bulk of "the Romani people", and Palestinian Arabs are called "the Palestinian people".

Definition of people in the English dictionary

The first definition of people in the dictionary is persons collectively or in general. Other definition of people is a group of persons considered together. People is also Word forms: plural peoples. the persons living in a country and sharing the same nationality.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PEOPLE

PRESENT

Present
I people
you people
he/she/it peoples
we people
you people
they people
Present continuous
I am peopling
you are peopling
he/she/it is peopling
we are peopling
you are peopling
they are peopling
Present perfect
I have peopled
you have peopled
he/she/it has peopled
we have peopled
you have peopled
they have peopled
Present perfect continuous
I have been peopling
you have been peopling
he/she/it has been peopling
we have been peopling
you have been peopling
they have been peopling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I peopled
you peopled
he/she/it peopled
we peopled
you peopled
they peopled
Past continuous
I was peopling
you were peopling
he/she/it was peopling
we were peopling
you were peopling
they were peopling
Past perfect
I had peopled
you had peopled
he/she/it had peopled
we had peopled
you had peopled
they had peopled
Past perfect continuous
I had been peopling
you had been peopling
he/she/it had been peopling
we had been peopling
you had been peopling
they had been peopling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will people
you will people
he/she/it will people
we will people
you will people
they will people
Future continuous
I will be peopling
you will be peopling
he/she/it will be peopling
we will be peopling
you will be peopling
they will be peopling
Future perfect
I will have peopled
you will have peopled
he/she/it will have peopled
we will have peopled
you will have peopled
they will have peopled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been peopling
you will have been peopling
he/she/it will have been peopling
we will have been peopling
you will have been peopling
they will have been peopling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would people
you would people
he/she/it would people
we would people
you would people
they would people
Conditional continuous
I would be peopling
you would be peopling
he/she/it would be peopling
we would be peopling
you would be peopling
they would be peopling
Conditional perfect
I would have people
you would have people
he/she/it would have people
we would have people
you would have people
they would have people
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been peopling
you would have been peopling
he/she/it would have been peopling
we would have been peopling
you would have been peopling
they would have been peopling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you people
we let´s people
you people
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to people
Past participle
peopled
Present Participle
peopling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEOPLE

businesspeople · carpal · craftspeople · outpeople · overpeople · peepul · pipul · pupil · purple · repeople · sheeple · steeple · tepal · townspeople · tradespeople · tribespeople · tweeple · unpeople · wheeple · workpeople

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEOPLE

peonies · peonism · peony · people carrier · people mover · people power · people skills · people trafficking · People´s Commissar · people´s democracy · People´s Democratic Republic of Laos · People´s Democratic Republic of Yemen · People´s Dispensary for Sick Animals · people´s front · people´s panel · People´s Party · People´s Republic of China · peoplehood · peopleless · peopler

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEOPLE

beautiful people · boat people · chosen people · Constantinople · country people · depeople · dispeople · flower people · good people · House of the People · lay people · little people · peculiar people · pod people · salespeople · spokespeople · street people · the beautiful people · the good people · the people · travelling people

Synonyms and antonyms of people in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PEOPLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «people» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «people» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PEOPLE

Find out the translation of people to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of people from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «people» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

人们
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

gente
570 millions of speakers
en

English

people
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

लोग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نَاسٌ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

люди
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

pessoas
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সম্প্রদায়
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

gens
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Orang
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Menschen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

人々
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

사람들
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Wong
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மக்கள்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

लोक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

insanlar
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

persone
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

ludzie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

люди
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

oameni
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άνθρωποι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mense
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

folk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

personer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of people

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEOPLE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of people
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «people».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about people

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «PEOPLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word people.
1
Shinzo Abe
Haven't we put off problems without clarifying Japan's will to protect the lives and assets of its people and territory with its own hands, and merely accepted the benefits of economic prosperity?
2
James A. Baldwin
People can cry much easier than they can change.
3
Roz Chast
I like being able to go grocery shopping and not feel that I'm fighting a thousand people.
4
Gregory Corso
Now the Tombs, like the name says, are so horrible that they had to close it down. Today it doesn't exist and people go in the electric chair and all that.
5
Georges Cuvier
Moreover, it thus follows that not a great deal of time was needed for the large animals of the three major parts of the world to become known to the people who spent time on the coasts of those regions.
6
James Daly
People say we were an overnight success. It took us a year to be an overnight success.
7
Dave Davies
People that have had genuine abduction experiences that I've met that seem very genuine to me, but they're just confused about why it happened. I've met a lot of people like which I regard as being very genuine... but there's a lot of crazy people out there.
8
Snoop Dogg
That's how we do it in the black community; we give back to the people who made us who we are. We never forget that.
9
Marcus du Sautoy
I think science is a foreign land for many people, so I think of my role as an ambassador's job.
10
Christopher Egan
I just want to keep doing things completely different from the other. I just want to keep working with great people, great filmmakers and great actors and just building on that experience.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEOPLE»

Discover the use of people in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to people and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
People of the Book: A Novel
The "complex and moving"(The New Yorker) novel by Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks follows a rare manuscript through centuries of exile and war Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is a novel of sweeping historical grandeur ...
Geraldine Brooks, 2008
2
How To Win Friends and Influence People
You can take the job you have...and improve it! You can take any situation you're in...and make it work for you! Since its release in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold more than 15 million copies.
Dale Carnegie, 2010
3
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in ...
Now repackaged for its 15th anniversary, this classic--in which Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity--includes a new Foreword and Afterword, and a newly designed jacket.
Stephen R. Covey, 2004
4
Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order
Now more than ever, Profit Over People is one of the key texts explaining how the crisis facing us operates—and how, through Chomsky’s analysis of resistance, we may find an escape from the closing net.
Noam Chomsky, 1999
5
Bamboo People
Two Burmese boys, one a Karenni refugee and the other the son of an imprisoned Burmese doctor, meet in the jungle and in order to survive they must learn to trust each other.
Mitali Perkins, 2012
6
Why People Obey the Law
People obey the law if they believe it's legitimate, not because they fear punishment--this is the startling conclusion of Tom Tyler's classic study.
Tom R. Tyler, 2006
7
Why People Die by Suicide
Drawing on extensive clinical and epidemiological evidence, as well as personal experience, Thomas Joiner brings a comprehensive understanding to seemingly incomprehensible behavior.
Thomas E. Joiner, 2005
8
Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy, ...
This completely revised edition includes a new preface. All of the author's royalties from this book go to fund antislavery projects around the world.
Kevin Bales, 2004
9
Designing for People
A cult read among designers for more than half a century, the famous manifesto of America's greatest industrial designer is finally back in print!
Henry Dreyfuss, 2003
10
Europe and the People Without History
'The intention of this work is to show that European expansion not only transformed the historical trajectory of non-European societies but also reconstituted the historical accounts of these societies before European intervention.
Eric R. Wolf, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEOPLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term people is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bobbi Kristina Brown Has Died: 'She Is Finally at Peace with God …
Following a tragedy that echoed the death of her mother, Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown has died, PEOPLE confirms. She was 22. «People Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Snoop Dogg Detained in Sweden on Suspicion of Drug Use, Vows …
(Police spokesman Christer Nordstrom confirmed to PEOPLE that Snoop was briefly detained, although he denied that it was motivated by race ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Kelly Rutherford 'Clearly Delighted' to Be with Her Kids at Hamptons …
Giersch's lawyer, Fahi Takesh Hallin, told PEOPLE in a statement that "Daniel will continue to promote Kelly's relationship with the children." ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Avril Lavigne Returns to the Stage at the Special Olympics in Her …
Lavigne said that she wrote the new track to "encourage people who are facing challenges, to encourage strength and to empower." ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»
5
4-Year-Old Boy's Body Recovered from Lake Erie After He Walked …
"Sidney is a very loving, kind, energetic little boy. He's very happy. He loves people," his former daycare teacher Donna Sopko told the site. «People Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Aboriginal people are disproportionately affected by hepatitis. We …
'The evidence suggests Aboriginal people are more likely to be searched for drugs, more likely to be arrested if they do have drugs on them ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Relive VidCon with PEOPLE/EW's photo booth
Check out a few exclusive photos below of Joey Graceffa, Grace Helbig, and iJustine and Ingrid Nilsen, and head over to PEOPLE to see the ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
8
Zach Roloff Is Married! Little People, Big World Star Says "I Do" to …
"It's a big day," Zach told People who first broke the wedding news. "We're marrying, coming together, and committing ourselves to one another ... «E! Online, Jul 15»
9
Picture-Perfect Princess Kate Braves Heavy Rains During Her First …
People · People Premium. sign me up. Sign up for our newsletter and other special offers. PEOPLE News; Great Ideas; StyleWatch; Pets «People Magazine, Jul 15»
10
People With Disabilities Are Twice As Likely To Be Poor. These …
The staggering unemployment and poverty rates among people with disabilities is a reminder of how much work still needs to be done to ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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