peoplenoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈpiː.pəl/us/ˈpiː.pəl/A1 men, women, and children:
used to refer to everyone, or informally to the group that you are speaking to:
men and women who are involved in a particular type of work:
C1 the large number of ordinary men and women who do not have positions of power in society:
the people someone is related to:
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- There was a queue of people waiting patiently for the bus to arrive.
 - Many more people travel overseas these days.
 - It is outrageous that these buildings remain empty while thousands of people have no homes.
 - The old people in the village still observe the local traditions.
 - On average, people who don't smoke are healthier than people who do.
 
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People in general
- beggar
 - bird
 - body
 - breed
 - bugger
 - coot
 - creature
 - devil
 - guy
 - landlubber
 - mankind
 - number
 - party
 - peeps
 - person
 - rogue
 - sod
 - sort
 - soul
 - stiff
 
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Idiom(s)
peoplenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpiː.pəl/us/ˈpiː.pəl/all the men, women, and children who live in a particular country, or who have the same culture or language:
a society:
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Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
- Afro
 - citizenship
 - compatriot
 - countrywide
 - homegrown
 - homeland
 - internation
 - land
 - motherland
 - nation
 - nation-state
 - national
 - offshore
 - soil
 - South Sudan
 - state
 - state-controlled
 - statehood
 - stateless
 - subject
 
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