people meaning
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[ˈpiːpəl] [ˈpipəl] [ˈpipl̩] [-iːpəl] 
US UK WPeople
- A people is a plurality of persons considered as a whole, as is the case with an ethnic group or nation.
FR people 
- NounPLpeoples
- Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
- Why do so many people commit suicide?
- (plural peoples) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc; folk; a community.
- A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.
- One's colleagues or employees.
- A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
- My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War.
- The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
- Economocracy is government of the people, for the plutocrats, by their puppets.
- Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
- VerbSGpeoplesPRpeoplingPT, PPpeopled
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The film was so bad that people trickled out of the cinema before its end.
- I can’t stand when people don’t read the instructions. I can’t stand him.
- When is the last time before just now that you saw a liberal democrat hectored by people over traditional values? - Earliest Usenet use via Google Groups - net.motss - 5 Oct 1984 by arndt
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- People who do not speak a second language find that they lose out when looking for a job.
- People doing the tracking can locate the trackees through a Web or cellphone interface or by calling the company’s toll-free number and providing the operator with a password.
- People also come in full of misgivings about "overwinding" their watches. "You can't overwind a watch - you can only underwind it," said McKelvey.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Her years of Spanish classes finally paid off when she found herself in Mexico and realized she could communicate with people.
- A dictator stays in power only as long as he manages to subvert the will of his people.
- In short, modern Conservative economics produces very unconservative people.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of people in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
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Grammatically, this word "people" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.