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person meaning

EN[ˈpɹsn̩]
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  • A person is a being, such as a human,
  • The current concept of person was developed during the Trinitarian and Christological debates of the
  • Since then, a number of important changes to the word's meaning and use have taken place,
person
  • NounPLpersonsPLpeoplePREPerso-SUF-person
    1. An individual; usually a human being.
      1. his first appearance upon the stage in his new person of a sycophant or juggler
      2. three persons and one God
      3. Jack's always been a dog person, but I prefer cats.
    2. The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
      1. (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
        1. At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.
      2. (law) The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
        1. (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking. See grammatical person.
          1. (biology) 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.
          2. VerbSGpersonsPRpersoningPT, PPpersoned
            1. OBS VT To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
              1. VT (gender-neutral) To man.
              2. More Examples
                1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
                  • Some people misascribe the works of Shakespeare to other writers.
                  • The King has stirred shit up and caused the people to fight amongst themselves instead of organizing properly to fight against him.
                  • This is the heart of grassroot development – the funds get where they ought to be, in projects the people actually care about.
                2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
                  • People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.
                  • People who talk about an imminent possibility of war seldom pose this question: What would North Korea’s leadership get from unleashing a war that they are likely to lose in weeks, if not days?
                  • People doing the tracking can locate the trackees through a Web or cellphone interface or by calling the company’s toll-free number and providing the operator with a password.
                3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
                  • But theres almost as many different sorts of marriages as theres different sorts of people.
                  • In short, modern Conservative economics produces very unconservative people.
                  • He says that a 30 storey farmscraper could provide fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, poultry – and clean water – for 50,000 people.

              Meaning of person for the defined word.

              Grammatically, this word "person" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a nouns by inflection type. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.
              • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
                1. Nouns
                  • Countable nouns
                    • Nouns by inflection type
                      • Irregular nouns
                        • Suppletive nouns
                    • Verbs
                      • Transitive verbs
                    Difficultness: Level 1
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                    Definiteness: Level 9
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