[ US /ˈpipəɫ/ ]
[ UK /pˈiːpə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. members of a family line
    are your people still alive?
    his people have been farmers for generations
  2. the body of citizens of a state or country
    the Spanish people
  3. the common people generally
    separate the warriors from the mass
    power to the people
  4. (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
    old people
    there were at least 200 people in the audience
VERB
  1. fill with people
    Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes
  2. furnish with people
    The plains are sparsely populated
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How To Use people In A Sentence

  • People in no way adhere to regular social conventions online. Times, Sunday Times
  • People at MSFC have told me over drinks that this study concluded that EELV are human ratable but they were going to do what Griffin wanted. Obama Policies on Transparency, Openness, and Participation - and NASA - NASA Watch
  • Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town. The funny thing about Pain..... (Let's talk trauma!)
  • In 2005, the Mugabe government launched what it called a slum clearance scheme, that bulldozed major shantytowns, brutally displacing hundreds of thousands of people. CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2007
  • Difficulties help to forge people into able folk.
  • This is not good for anybody, except for a few curmudgeons and people who are embittered by nothing more than their own embitteredness.
  • A lot of people moaned about the parking problems.
  • The acrimony of the dispute has shocked a lot of people.
  • People were gulping down sundowners, women seemed to be, rather disinterestedly, sipping their drinks and picking up a bite.
  • I have seen far too many people give up too quickly on their programs after a few short weeks.
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