thin person
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2.1
- noun
- /θɪn ˈpɜrsən/
:
persona delgada
- I've always been a thin person because I'm tall.
- many thin people
- very thin person
- never be a thin person
And sellers began to target new markets like women and older people and then children and even babies and even thin people who were, quote, in danger of being fat.
- And sellers began to target new markets like women and older people and then children and even babies and even thin people who were, quote, in danger of being fat.
- What we're taking in is this very thin image because thin people in a lot of ways are granted those privileges to make their way to that spot.
- And lo and behold, the mice that got the fat person's feces got fat, person got thin person's feces did not get fat just by simply transferring the microbes.
Examples
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Naturally thin people think it is harder to lose the weight.
Blog text (17) -
When a thin person achieves something great, that's just what it is.
Blog text (4) -
I am a very thin person who once was not.
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No one makes a big fuss about a thin person's weight, so it's considered normal.
Blog text (4) -
There was a time when thin and happy were the same word to me, but I've learned there are many thin people who are unhappy.
Fiction book (1992) -
Subjects report being less inclined to hire an overweight person than a thin person, even with identical qualifications.
Academic text (2018) -
Conversely, thin people who are sedentary and eat badly are at a significantly higher risk.
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Many people believe that thin people may be healthier than those who are overweight.
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In society, thin people often face unrealistic expectations and pressure to maintain their weight.
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She noticed that thin people were frequently portrayed in advertisements as the ideal body type.
Synonyms
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5.6
Very thin with almost no fat or muscle
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8.2
A very thin person whose clothes hang loosely
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9.4
A person with a naturally thin, lean body and little fat or muscle
A very thin, bony person
A person with very thin, long legs
Antonyms
How Thin
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who is unusually slim or underweight' is directly and transparently derived from combining the adjective 'thin' with the noun 'person'. This adjective + noun composition is a basic and cross‑linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
The phrase thin person uses a simple picture of a body that is very narrow: thin means narrow and person means someone. So it means someone who is unusually slim or 'underweight'.