Meaning of people In English

• 0 men, women, and children:

  • Many people never do any exercise.

  • We've invited 30 people to our party.

  • People will think you've gone mad.

  • People like to be made to feel important.

  • Now that we've discussed our problems, are people happy with the decisions we've made?

  • We'll have to get the people at the city council to look at these plans.

  • Most of her friends are media people.

  • She claims to be the voice of the people.

  • The president has lost the support of the people.

  • the people's Princess

  • Her people come from Scotland originally.

• 1 all the men, women, and children who live in a particular country, or who have the same culture or language:

  • The French are known as a food-loving people.

  • Customs similar to this one are found among many peoples of the world.

• 2 men, women, and children generally; pl ofperson:

  • There were a lot of people there.

  • Some people were hurt.

  • young/old people

  • poor/rich people

  • Those people look as if they’re lost.

  • The president wanted to take his message directly to the people.

• 3 a culture or nation:

  • It is a custom shared by many Native American peoples.

• 4 If a place is peopled by a particular type of people, they have moved there or live there:

  • Honolulu is peopled by native Hawaiians, Japanese, Chinese, Filipinos, white Americans, and others.

• 5 the people who work for a particular organization or person:

  • Firms need to keep investing both in infrastructure and their people.

  • Your people can talk to my people about percentages.