- PERSON Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The words person and people are not related etymologically Person comes from Latin persona, meaning "actor's mask; character in a play; person," while people comes from Latin populus, meaning "the people "
- Person - Wikipedia
Personhood is the status of being a person Defining personhood is a controversial topic in philosophy and law, and is closely tied to legal and political concepts of citizenship, equality, and liberty
- PERSON | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
In formal writing, the plural "persons" is sometimes preferred over "people," but "persons" is also used in news reports – At least 30 persons are dead or missing – and in the phrase "person or persons" when the number of people is not known – We expect to catch the person or persons responsible
- Person - definition of person by The Free Dictionary
Any of three groups of pronoun forms with corresponding verb inflections that distinguish the speaker (first person), the individual addressed (second person), and the individual or thing spoken of (third person)
- PERSON definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
A person is an individual human being At least one person died and several others were injured Everyone knows he's the only person who can do the job My great-grandfather was a person of some importance here The amount of sleep we need varies from person to person
- PERSON Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
A person is a human being, especially in contrast with an animal, plant, or object, as in Layla was the only person in the room, so my cat gave her all its attention
- person - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
In English there are three persons in the pronouns, the first represented by I and we, the second by you, and the third by he, she, it, and they Most verbs have distinct third person singular forms in the present tense, as writes; the verb be has, in addition, a first person singular form am
- person, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are 21 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun person, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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