Foundation level · Year 4 · free
people
noun · Say it: PEE-puhl
What it means
Foundationmen, women and children; more than one person
Lots of people came to watch the school play on Friday.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- folk
- humans
- persons
More examples
- There were so many people at the beach that we could hardly find a space.
Where the word comes from
From Old French 'poeple', from Latin 'populus', meaning a people.
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