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people

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "people" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

2 syllables
6 characters
English (US)
2syllables

people

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people is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, people is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofpeople

1noun
  • Used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.

    Synonyms: lede, leod, peeps

    Example: "There were so many people at the restaurant last night."

  • Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.

    Synonyms: collective, community, congregation, folk

  • A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.

    Synonyms: fans, groupies, supporters

  • One's colleagues or employees.
  • A person's ancestors, relatives or family.

    Synonyms: folks, kin, kith

    Example: "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.

    Synonyms: citizenry, commoners, populace

1verb
  • To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
  • To become populous or populated.
  • To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.
  • To interact with people; to socialize.
1noun
  • An individual; usually a human being.

    Example: "Each person is unique, both mentally and physically."

  • The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
  • Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.

    Example: "At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person."

  • The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
  • (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he or she is speaking. See grammatical person.
  • A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.

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