Meaning

4 senses

  1. (informal, rare)To interact with people; to socialize.

    fill with people

  2. (transitive)To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.

    bevölkern

    населя́тьnaseljátʹ

    населя́тиnaseljáty, насели́тиnaselýty, заселя́тиzaseljáty

    furnish with people

  3. (intransitive)To become populous or populated.

  4. (transitive)To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

    bewohnen, besiedeln, bevölkern

    населя́тиnaseljáty

Examples

19332 sentences

  1. Few people know about the plan.

    Мало людей знають про план. — deniko

    ruПро этот план знает мало людей. — Biga

    deNur wenige Personen wissen über den Plan Bescheid. — dima555

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  2. Some people are difficult to please.

    Деяким людям важко догодити. — deniko

    ruНекоторым людям трудно угодить. — marafon

    deManchen Leuten kann man es nie recht machen. — pne

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  3. Many people were waiting in line.

    У черзі чекало багато людей. — Oleksandr_Tahayev

    ruВ очереди ждало много людей. — venticello

    deViele Leute standen Schlange. — raggione

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  4. The room was filled with people.

    Кімната була заповнена людьми. — Anjy

    ruКомната была полна народу. — marafon

    deDer Raum war voller Menschen. — Tamy

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  5. Old people get up very early.

    Старі люди прокидаються рано. — deniko

    ruСтарые люди просыпаются рано. — shanghainese

    deAlte Leute stehen sehr früh auf. — al_ex_an_der

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to fill with people:
Русский
By meaning 1
to fill with people:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to fill with people:
to inhabit, to occupy:

Origin

From Middle English puple, peple, peeple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French pueple

From Middle English puple, peple, peeple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French pueple, peuple, pople, from Latin populus (“a people, nation”), from Old Latin populus, from earlier poplus, from even earlier poplos, from Proto-Italic *poplos (“army”) of unknown origin. Doublet of pueblo. Gradually ousted native English lede and, partially, folk.

From Middle English peplen, peuplien, partly from Middle French peupler (from peuple (“people”)) and partly from the noun (etymology 1).

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Forms

peoples, peopling, peopled, peopled
Base formpeople · to people
3rd person singularpeoples
Present participlepeopling
Past simplepeopled
Past participlepeopled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypeople
he, she, itpeoples

Past simpleLesson

all personspeopled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave peopled
he, she, ithas peopled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill people

Word family

1 related words
Derivedpeopler

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • many people
  • how many people
  • lot of people
  • some people
  • most people
  • many people are
  • many people do
  • few people
  • other people
  • a few people
  • people in the
  • thirty people

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
penultimatepenurypeonypeople'speppepperA2
people — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto