[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/people.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / people [← P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/P/) # people «people» in Mova's school dictionary: **more than one person: men, women and children** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (person, people; «peoples» = nations; formal: persons) ### meaning for a pupil 1) People means more than one person: men, women and children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#m1) 2) People means persons in general, everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#m2) 3) A people (peoples) is a nation or a group with its own language and ways. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#m3) 4) (casual) «People» can mean your family or friends: «my people», «good people»; «peeps» is slang for people or friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#m4) 5) (rude) «Some people!» complains about someone without naming them; «people like you» can be an insult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#m5) 6) (formal) Notices and exams say «persons», «individuals», «occupants», «attendees», «passengers» and «members of the public». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#m6) ### sense in the lessons persons counted on a bus, at a party, in a family or a group; in social studies, the peoples of the world; phrases «a lot of people», «most people», «young people», «people say», «people person»; in casual talk «peeps», «my people», «loads of people», «like 30 people»; in rough talk «some people, honestly», «people like you never pay»; in the exam voice «persons», «occupants», «a maximum of 40 persons», «individuals in attendance» ### examples - There were 25 people at the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#x1) - 12 people got off the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#x2) - Each person gets 2 slices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#x3) - How many people are there in all? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#x4) - Most people sleep at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#x5) - The bus can carry 40 people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#x6) - Many peoples live in Africa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#x7) - People say the old house is haunted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#x8) - Like 30 people turned up, mad! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#x9) - Some people, honestly, he took 3 seats on the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#x10) - The lift is licensed to carry a maximum of 8 persons. Determine the number of journeys required for 20 persons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#x11) - My peeps are coming over, we're 6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#x12) - The peoples who tell the stories differ in colour; language, religion, and almost everything else; but they all love a nursery tale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/#x13) ### note A thing counted; the plural of «person». «each person gets N» gives a rate. Trap: people may be split into groups (adults, children) to add. «People» takes a plural verb: «people are», not «people is». «persons», «individuals» and «occupants» in notices and exams also mean people. «like 30 people» in talk means about 30. ### In the corpora - [Shops, hospitals, buses and factories need people at all hours, so their workers follow a rota that can change every week.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/1/) - [Some people go to work ill because they can't afford to lose the pay, which spreads germs to everyone else.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/12/) - [At the other end of working life comes retirement, when people stop paid work for good.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/4/) - [A job interview is a meeting where an employer asks questions to decide whom to hire; several people usually compete for one job.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/8/) - [Some retired people miss the routine, their workmates and the feeling of being useful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/17/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «people» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/people/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.