people

Từ điển Collocation

people noun

1 more than one person

ADJ. young | elderly, old | common, ordinary | (very) important a line of limousines carrying very important people | famous | middle-class, working-class | business, professional, working | unemployed | blind, deaf, disabled access for disabled people | intelligent | interesting, nice | strange | single | homeless

VERB + PEOPLE meet | attract The local tourist board is trying to attract more people to the town.

2 of a particular place/race

ADJ. local | country | indigenous, native | primitive the customs of primitive peoples of the Amazon Basin | tribal | Arab, Japanese, Slav, etc. the culture of the Basque people | black, white

VERB + PEOPLE represent I was elected to represent the people of Bristol.

PHRASES the peoples of the world

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

    old people

    there were at least 200 people in the audience

  • the body of citizens of a state or country; citizenry

    the Spanish people

  • the common people generally; multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, the great unwashed

    separate the warriors from the mass

    power to the people

  • members of a family line

    his people have been farmers for generations

    are your people still alive?

    v.

  • fill with people or supply with inhabitants; populate

    people a room

    The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country

  • furnish with people; populate

    The plains are sparsely populated

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

peoples|peopled|peopling
syn.: community men public society