people
US /ˈpipəl/
Definition
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
About two hundred people attended the opening of the new store.
Synonyms
- individualsa human being
- publicpeople in general considered as a whole
- citizensa native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
Collocations
- Easy meet friendly peopleto fulfill, satisfy, or encounter regarding friendly people
- Medium exceptional people management skillsdescribing exceptional people management skills (far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree)
- Hard people-centric corporate culturea collocation phrase: people-centric corporate culture
- Very Hard all things to all peopledescribing all things to all people (quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class)
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