Person - English meaning

noun

A person, typically a homeless one, who lives by asking for money or food.

Usage examples:

How many times have you been asked in the street for some money from a seemingly homeless person or…

verb

Reduce (someone) to poverty.

Usage examples:

Why should i beggar myself for you?

noun

A poor person who lives by asking others for money or food

noun

Existence.

Usage examples:

The railway brought many towns into being

verb

Present participle of be.

verb

Exist.

Usage examples:

There are no easy answers

noun

A man.

Usage examples:

He's a nice bloke

noun

A man

noun

A man, often one who is considered to be ordinary

Usage examples:

Paul's a really good bloke (= i like him a lot)., he's a funny (sort of) bloke (= slightly strange).

noun

A body.

Usage examples:

A line-up of stunning bods

abbreviation

Biochemical oxygen demand.

noun

Informal for body

Usage examples:

That guy has a great bod!, he's just an ordinary bod, no-one special., odd bod she's a bit of an od…

noun

A child's term for a rabbit.

Usage examples:

Think bunny rabbits, chocolates and valentine cards.

noun

A rabbit

verb

(of the skin) become cracked, rough, or sore, especially through exposure to wind or cold weather.

Usage examples:

His skin is very dry and chaps easily

noun

A cracked or sore patch on the skin.

Usage examples:

Our lips will be covered in chaps.

noun

A man or boy.

Usage examples:

He sounded like a nice, caring sort of chap

noun

The mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.

Usage examples:

Running away was not in keeping with her character

verb

Inscribe or write (something).

Usage examples:

You have well charactered him

noun

The particular combination of things about a person or place, esp. things you cannot see, that make that person or place different from others

Usage examples:

[ c ] the idea was to modernize the house without changing its homey character., [ u ] it’s a theat…

noun

A sweet biscuit having a fairly soft, chewy texture and typically containing pieces of chocolate or fruit.

Usage examples:

Chocolate chip cookies

noun

A sweet, usually round, flat cake

Usage examples:

She served chocolate chip/oatmeal/peanut butter cookies for dessert., she’s one tough cookie.

noun

A small file that is sent by a website to your computer and that contains information about how you use the site, so that this information is available the next time you use the site

Usage examples:

Enable/disable cookies this section will show you how to enable cookies (= how to accept or turn th…

noun

An animal, as distinct from a human being.

Usage examples:

Night sounds of birds and other creatures

noun

Any living thing, esp. an animal

Usage examples:

It seems clear to me that people are creatures of emotion.

noun

Any large or small living thing that can move independently

Usage examples:

Rainforests are filled with amazing creatures., living creature don't all living creatures have cer…

noun

A living creature; an animal.

Usage examples:

Even in my newly adopted home in florida, i am still bewildered to see critters outside animal king…

noun

A creature

Usage examples:

That dog’s a mean old critter.

noun

A person who buys goods or services from a shop or business.

Usage examples:

Mr harrison was a regular customer at the golden lion

noun

A person who buys goods or a service

Usage examples:

We try to give all our customers good service.

noun

A person or an organization that buys a product or service

Usage examples:

Our new ordering system means we can serve customers more efficiently., the company's simple strate…

noun

Non-standard spelling of fellow, used in representing speech in various dialects.

Usage examples:

You can't blame the wee fella

noun

(spelled the way it is often spoken) fellow

Usage examples:

Where did you meet this fella?

noun

(spelled the way it is often spoken) fellow

Usage examples:

Where did you meet this fella?

noun

A man or boy.

Usage examples:

He was an extremely obliging fellow

adjective

Sharing a particular activity, quality, or condition with someone or something.

Usage examples:

They urged the troops not to fire on their fellow citizens

noun

A man

Usage examples:

He was a big fellow with broad shoulders., dr. rodriguez is a fellow of the american college of phy…

noun

A number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company.

Usage examples:

The trade figures

verb

Have a significant part or role in a situation or process.

Usage examples:

The issue of nuclear policy figured prominently in the talks

noun

A number or an amount

Usage examples:

The collection was valued at $20 million, a figure that might cover the cost of having artists recr…

noun

A man.

Usage examples:

He strikes me as a decent geezer

noun

A man, often old or unusual in some way

Usage examples:

A funny old geezer, she got talking to some geezer in the pub.

noun

A gentleman.

Usage examples:

Blanche believes her polite and witty new man is the perfect gent - until he tries to chat up tracy.

noun

A gentleman (= polite man who behaves well towards other people, especially women)

Usage examples:

He's just gone to the gents.

noun

A public toilet for men

Usage examples:

He's just gone to the gents.

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of humankind.

Usage examples:

The human body

noun

A human being.

Usage examples:

At least some people are realising that humans are completely abusing the right we have.

adjective

Of or typical of people

Usage examples:

The human body, of course i make mistakes, i’m only human (= not perfect)., the accident was due to…

noun

A person

adjective

Single; separate.

Usage examples:

Individual tiny flowers

noun

A single human being as distinct from a group.

Usage examples:

Boat trips for parties and individuals

noun

A single person or thing, esp. when compared to the group or set to which it belongs

Usage examples:

We will remember him as an individual who always tried to make people happy., every company has its…

adjective

(of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death.

Usage examples:

All men are mortal

noun

A human being subject to death, as opposed to a divine being.

Usage examples:

Capacities only possible of god rather than mortals

adjective

(of living things, esp. people) unable to continue living forever; having to die

Usage examples:

Humans are mortal and we all eventually die., as the ship began to sink, they realized they were in…

noun

A person (used to express importance or elevated status).

Usage examples:

It was no less a personage than the bishop

noun

A category of things or people with a common feature; a type.

Usage examples:

If only we knew the sort of people she was mixing with

verb

Arrange systematically in groups; separate according to type.

Usage examples:

The mail was sorted

noun

A group of things that are of the same type or that share similar qualities

Usage examples:

What sort of equipment will she need?, he was squinting through the eyepiece of some sort of naviga…

noun

The spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal.

Usage examples:

It ignores all the empirical evidence for animal awareness while resting on an assumption for which…

noun

The part of a person that some people believe continues to exist in some form after the body has died, or the part of a person or thing that expresses the basic qualities that make it what it is

Usage examples:

May her soul rest in peace., he is the soul of honor, and would never intentionally try to deceive …

noun

The spiritual part of a person that some people believe continues to exist in some form after their body has died, or the part of a person that is not physical and experiences deep feelings and emotions

Usage examples:

She suffered greatly while she was alive, so let us hope her soul is now at peace.

noun

A category of people or things having common characteristics.

Usage examples:

This type of heather grows better in a drier habitat

verb

Write (something) on a typewriter or computer by pressing the keys.

Usage examples:

He typed out the second draft

suffix

(forming adjectives) resembling or having the characteristics of a specified thing.

Usage examples:

The dish-type radio telescope