person
∞
1.0
- noun
- /ˈpɜrsən/
:
persona
- First, tell the person in your life the truth.
- young people
- people live
- many people
It's not just one person doing it, it's both.
- It's not just one person doing it, it's both.
- They say this is a person worth listening to.
- First, tell the person in your life the truth.
- It's the the billions is another person's success.
- So the wise person is full of joy.
- And, you know, I mean, he's just one person, but there were others.
- How could nobody, not a single person dare to make that argument?
- But Kurt's like, a really cute person behind closed doors.
- And why would that person ask or say that?
- And that they didn't even know that the person had value or not.
- And then from that each person draws out money.
- Matthew, this person is the right person for me.
- Is the wise person going to feel distress?
Examples
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God has providentially ensured through grace that each person has the opportunity to be saved.
Academic text (2011) -
So she was just a great person, tough girl.
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Continue being a better person and improve on that.
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Exactly so, sir, and that person is you.
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Josh is still the only person to hit it.
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Matthew, this person is the right person for me.
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They say this is a person worth listening to.
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You're a more generous person than I'd ever be.
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The teacher encouraged every person in the class to express their ideas freely.
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During the meeting, each person shared their thoughts on the project.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A person you do not know
∞
1.0
Any human being, male or female
∞
2.3
A single person or animal regarded separately from a group
415
1.0
A person who can think, feel, speak, and walk upright
1
1.0
A person who is not known
Idioms
- Informal
Express real happiness that a very nice person got something they deserve
Compounds
135
1.6
The pronoun and verb form a speaker uses to talk about themselves like I and we
- Specialized
34
2.9
Words that talk about people or things besides the speaker and the listener
- Slur
7
3.4
A person who has a physical, mental, or social difficulty that limits daily activities
- Specialized
6
3.0
Words that refer to the person or people you speak to, for example 'you'
5
3.5
A person with special training who works in jobs like a lawyer, doctor or engineer
- Offensive
4
9.9
A person who seems to have no feelings or personality and appears distant from others
2
3.6
Someone who manages how an organization looks to the public and talks to the media
- Slur
1
8.9
A person from an early stage of human society now seen as outdated and offensive
1
4.5
A person people respect for being very religious and thought to help others with prayer
- Specialized
1
8.9
A person who loses touch with reality and may see or hear things that are not real
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word person comes from the Latin persona, which meant a 'mask' that actors wore and then the 'role' they played, so it came to mean a single human with a particular identity. That's why person means an individual human being, and you can see the same root in personal and personality.