person

noun

per·son ˈpər-sᵊn How to pronounce person (audio)

: human, individual

—sometimes used in combination especially by those who prefer to avoid man in compounds applicable to both sexes

chairpersonspokesperson

: a character or part in or as if in a play : guise

: one of the three modes of being in the Trinitarian Godhead as understood by Christians

: the unitary personality of Christ that unites the divine and human natures

archaic : bodily appearance

: the body of a human being

also : the body and clothing

unlawful search of the person

: the personality of a human being : self

: one (such as a human being, a partnership, or a corporation) that is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties

: reference of a segment of discourse to the speaker, to one spoken to, or to one spoken of as indicated by means of certain pronouns or in many languages by verb inflection

personhood

ˈpər-sᵊn-ˌhu̇d How to pronounce person (audio)

noun

Example Sentences

She is a very nice person. I saw a person standing on the dock. Any person who wants a refund must have a receipt. Most people here are quite friendly. The tickets are $25 per person. The person at the front desk will be able to help you. The tax break is only applicable to persons in a high income bracket. I like her as a person, but she is not a very good writer. The disease is easily transmitted from person to person. The dogs discovered that the men were hiding drugs about their persons. See More

Recent Examples on the Web Hartford Police Department patrol officers responded to the area of 50 Congress St. on a report of a person shot just before 5 p.m. on Wednesday. —

Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2023 Close your eyes for a moment and think of a person wearing head-to-toe white in a room full of others clad in semiformal attire. —

Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023 According to the International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication, doxxing is the intentional revelation of a person’s private information online without their consent, often with malicious intent. —

Sen Nguyen, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023 East Precinct officers responded to a report of a person shot. —

Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 7 Feb. 2023 There are two types of dialysis: Hemodialysis, the most common, uses an artificial kidney machine to clean the blood; peritoneal dialysis uses the lining of a person’s abdomen in the blood-filtering process. —

Dominique Mosbergen, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023 She’s the kind of person Austin can’t afford to lose. —

Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023 Borg designed it to correspond roughly to the heart rate of a fit person at various intensity levels divided by 10. —

Men's Health, 6 Feb. 2023 In both cases, tissue may need to be removed for the safety of the pregnant person. —

Asima Ahmad, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2023 See More

person

noun

as in man

a member of the human race is there any person here who knows how to speak Spanish?

Synonyms & Similar Words

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man
guy
life
individual
creature
human
thing
being
soul
customer
bird
body
character
personality
party
baby
sort
personage
fish
specimen
duck
mortal
human being
scout
face
egg
cookie
devil
fellow
wight
bod
somebody
stiff
slob
cooky
son of man
head
brother
neighbor
self
homo
celebrity
hominid
fellowman
humanoid

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

animal
beast
brute
critter
beastie

单词	person
释义	person noun per·son ˈpər-sᵊn 1 : human, individual —sometimes used in combination especially by those who prefer to avoid man in compounds applicable to both sexes chairpersonspokesperson 2 : a character or part in or as if in a play : guise 3 a : one of the three modes of being in the Trinitarian Godhead as understood by Christians b : the unitary personality of Christ that unites the divine and human natures 4 a archaic : bodily appearance b : the body of a human being also : the body and clothing unlawful search of the person 5 : the personality of a human being : self 6 : one (such as a human being, a partnership, or a corporation) that is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties 7 : reference of a segment of discourse to the speaker, to one spoken to, or to one spoken of as indicated by means of certain pronouns or in many languages by verb inflection personhood ˈpər-sᵊn-ˌhu̇d noun Phrases in person : in one's bodily presence the movie star appeared in person Synonyms baby being bird bod [British] body character cookie cooky creature customer devil duck egg face fish guy head human human being individual life man mortal party personage scout slob sort soul specimen stiff thing wight See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences She is a very nice person. I saw a person standing on the dock. Any person who wants a refund must have a receipt. Most people here are quite friendly. The tickets are $25 per person. The person at the front desk will be able to help you. The tax break is only applicable to persons in a high income bracket. I like her as a person, but she is not a very good writer. The disease is easily transmitted from person to person. The dogs discovered that the men were hiding drugs about their persons. See More Recent Examples on the Web Hartford Police Department patrol officers responded to the area of 50 Congress St. on a report of a person shot just before 5 p.m. on Wednesday. —Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2023 Close your eyes for a moment and think of a person wearing head-to-toe white in a room full of others clad in semiformal attire. —Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023 According to the International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media, and Communication, doxxing is the intentional revelation of a person’s private information online without their consent, often with malicious intent. —Sen Nguyen, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023 East Precinct officers responded to a report of a person shot. —Carol Robinson \| Crobinson@al.com, al, 7 Feb. 2023 There are two types of dialysis: Hemodialysis, the most common, uses an artificial kidney machine to clean the blood; peritoneal dialysis uses the lining of a person’s abdomen in the blood-filtering process. —Dominique Mosbergen, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023 She’s the kind of person Austin can’t afford to lose. —Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023 Borg designed it to correspond roughly to the heart rate of a fit person at various intensity levels divided by 10. —Men's Health, 6 Feb. 2023 In both cases, tissue may need to be removed for the safety of the pregnant person. —Asima Ahmad, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2023 See More Word History Etymology Middle English, from Anglo-French persone, from Latin persona actor's mask, character in a play, person, probably from Etruscan phersu mask, from Greek prosōpa, plural of prosōpon face, mask — more at prosopopoeia First Known Use 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing person a man/woman/person to be reckoned with a man/woman/person of substance business person a man/woman/person to reckon with cleaning person first person in the person of missing person report little person morning person night person people person person of color person-hour point person second person person-to-person person of interest the next man/person third person the only (person or thing) for the same (thing) goes for (another person) congress person on someone's person super-person camera person not one person in person See More a man/woman/person to be reckoned with a man/woman/person of substance business person a man/woman/person to reckon with cleaning person first person in the person of missing person report little person morning person night person people person person of color person-hour point person second person person-to-person person of interest the next man/person third person the only (person or thing) for the same (thing) goes for (another person) congress person on someone's person super-person camera person not one person in person See More Kids Definition person noun per·son ˈpərs-ᵊn 1 : human being, individual —used in combination especially by those who prefer to avoid man in compounds that apply to both sexes chairperson 2 : a character or part in or as if in a play 3 : the body of a human being 4 : reference to the speaker, to one spoken to, or to one spoken of as indicated especially by means of certain pronouns Legal Definition person noun per·son 1 : natural person 2 : the body of a human being also : the body and clothing of a human being had drugs on his person 3 : one (as a human being or corporation) that is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties see also juridical person, legal person, personality personhood noun person noun as in man a member of the human race is there any person here who knows how to speak Spanish? Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance man guy life individual creature human thing being soul customer bird body character personality party baby sort personage fish specimen duck mortal human being scout face egg cookie devil fellow wight bod somebody stiff slob cooky son of man head brother neighbor self homo celebrity hominid fellowman humanoid Antonyms & Near Antonyms animal beast brute critter beastie Phrases Containing person point person point person
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