men, women, and children:
Many people never do any exercise.
We've invited 30 people to our party.
used to refer to everyone, or informally to the group that you are speaking to:
People will think you've gone mad.
People like to be made to feel important.
Now that we've discussed our problems, are people happy with the decisions we've made?
men and women who are involved in a particular type of work:
We'll have to get the people at the city council to look at these plans.
Most of her friends are media people.
the people
C1 the large number of ordinary men and women who do not have positions of power in society:
She claims to be the voice of the people.
The president has lost the support of the people.
the people's Princess
sb's people informal
the people someone is related to:
Her people come from Scotland originally.