People vs One - What's the difference?
people | one |
; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
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*ca. 1607: XXII people was in this parrish drownd. (Plaque recording the )
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, title= (plural peoples ) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc; folk; community.
A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.
*1611, (Old Testament), , 2 (w) 8:15:
*:And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people .[http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=Kjv2Sam.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=8&division=div1]
*1952, (Old Testament), (Revised Standard Version) , Thomas Nelson & Sons, (w) 1:3:
*:The ox knows its owner, and the ass its master's crib; but Israel does not know, my people does not understand.
One's colleagues or employees.
*2001 , Vince Flynn, Transfer of Power , p.250:
*:Kennedy looked down at Flood's desk and thought about the possibilities. "Can you locate him?" "I already have my people checking on all [it]."
*2008 , Fern Michaels, Hokus Pokus? , p.184:
*:Can I have one of my people' get back to your ' people , Mr. President?" She tried to slam the phone back into the base and failed.
A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
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The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
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, title= To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
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To become populous or populated.
To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.
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(cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the first number in the set of natural numbers (especially in number theory); the cardinality of the smallest nonempty set. Ordinal: first.
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The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first'' or ''number one .
(lb) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
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The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
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*1699 , ,
*:Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
(lb) Any person (applying to people in general).
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*:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
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*:With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one' only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow ' one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get.
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, volume=189, issue=13, page=48, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (lb) Any person, entity or thing.
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(mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a .
The digit or figure 1.
(US) A one-dollar bill.
(cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
A joke or amusing anecdote.
* Did you hear the one about the agnostic dyslexic insomniac?
(colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
* I knew as soon I met him that John was the one for me and we were married within a month.
* That car's the one — I'll buy it.
* 1995 , (Bryan Adams),
(Internet slang, leet, sarcastic) Used instead of to amplify an exclamation, imitating unskilled users who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
* 2003' September 26, "DEAL WITH IT!!!!11'''one !!", in alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube, ''Usenet
* 2004' November 9, "AWK sound recorder!!!11!!11'''one ", in comp.lang.awk, ''Usenet
* 2007' December 1, "STANFORD!!1!!1!'''one'''!11!!1'''oneone !1!1!", in rec.sport.football.college, ''Usenet
Of a period of time, being particular; as, one morning, one year.
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, passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
Sole, only.
Whole, entire.
In agreement.
The same.
Being a preeminent example.
Being an unknown person with the specified name.
(obsolete) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
* Chaucer
As nouns the difference between people and one
is that people is ; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons while one is (mathematics) the neutral element with respect to multiplication in a.As verbs the difference between people and one
is that people is to stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate while one is (obsolete|transitive) to cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.As a numeral one is
(cardinal) a numerical value equal to ; the first number in the set of natural numbers (especially in number theory); the cardinality of the smallest nonempty set ordinal: first.As a pronoun one is
(lb) one thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.As an adjective one is
of a period of time, being particular; as, one morning, one year.people
English
(wikipedia people)Noun
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people . From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,
citation, passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people' do send to other ' people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer.
Towards the end of poverty, passage=But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.}}
A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about
Usage notes
When used to mean "persons" (meaning 1 below), "people" today takes a plural verb. However, in the past it could take a singular verb (see image).Synonyms
* (leod) * (persons belonging to a group) collective, community, congregation, folk, nation, clan, tribe, race, class, caste, club * (followers) fans, groupies, supporters * (ancestors or relatives) kin, kith, folks * (mass of a community) populace, commoners, citizenryDerived terms
* (the) beautiful people * man of the people * peeps * people person * people's army * people's democracy * people's republic * people's war * peoplehood * peoplelessSee also
* sheepleVerb
(peopl)The State of Innocence and the Fall of Man, Act II, Scene I:
- He would not be alone, who all things can; / But peopled Heav'n with Angels, Earth with Man.
Derived terms
* peoplerReferences
*one
English
Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (both obsolete) * Arabic numeral: (see for numerical forms in other scripts) * Roman numeral: INumeral
(head)- There is only one Earth.
- In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
- One''' person, '''one vote.
- Venters began to count them—one —two—three—four—on up to sixteen.
Synonyms
*See also
*Pronoun
(English Pronouns (possessive'' ''', ''plural'' ' ones )Heads designed for an essay on conversations
citation, passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace,
citation, passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one' has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so ' one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}
If we're all Martians, who are the aliens?, passage=One has to admire the sheer optimism of modern science: I love the fact that there is such a discipline as astrobiology, whose practitioners' task is to imagine what life might be like on other planets. Yet here on the home planet we have profoundly strange aliens of our own.}}
Synonyms
* (unidentified person) you, they in nominative personal case.Derived terms
* oneness * oneselfNoun
(en noun)- When you love a woman then tell her
- that she's really wanted
- When you love a woman then tell her that she's the one
- 'cause she needs somebody to tell her
- that it's gonna last forever
- A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
- B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one'''!!'''one !!eleven!!1!
Synonyms
* unity * single * , elevenAdjective
(-)Derived terms
* all one * one and only * one-on-one * one or two * one-two * one-up * the oneVerb
(on)- The rich folk that embraced and oned all their heart to treasure of the world.