person
noun/ˈpɜːrsn/
(plural people
/ˈpiːpl/
)Слово англійською: person
Переклад person українською: людина
Детальний опис
- a human as an individual
- What sort of person would do a thing like that?
- He's a fascinating person.
- as a person What is she like as a person?
- He's just the person we need for the job.
- She's the only person I can talk to about my problems.
- Gary was the last person I expected to see when I answered the doorbell.
- I had a letter from the people who used to live next door.
- I'm not really a city person (= I don't really like cities).
- (formal or disapproving) a human, especially one who is not identified
- A certain person (= somebody that I do not wish to name) told me about it.
- The price is $40 per person.
- This vehicle is licensed to carry 4 persons. (= in a notice)
- (law) The verdict was murder by a person or persons unknown.
- The virus is spread from person to person.
- -person(in compounds) a person working in the area of business mentioned; a person connected with the thing mentioned
- a salesperson
- a spokesperson
- (grammar) any of the three classes of personal pronouns. The first person (I/we) refers to the person(s) speaking; the second person (you) refers to the person(s) spoken to; the third person (he/she/it/they) refers to the person(s) or thing(s) spoken about.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French persone, from Latin persona ‘actor's mask, character in a play’, later ‘human being’.
Idioms
about/on your person
- (formal) if you have or carry something about/on your person, you carry it about with you, for example in your pocket
- Relatives of the dead man were traced through an address found on his person.
be no respecter of persons, age, class, etc.
- to treat everyone in the same way, without being influenced by their importance, wealth, etc.
- Death is no respecter of persons.
in person
- if you do something in person, you go somewhere and do it yourself, instead of doing it by letter, asking somebody else to do it, etc.
- You have to pick up the package in person.
- She appeared in person to collect her prize.
in the person of somebody
- (formal) in the form or shape of somebody
- Help arrived in the person of his mother.
- The firm has an important asset in the person of the sales director.
person of interest
- a person who is believed to be involved in a crime, but who has not been arrested synonym suspect
- Police have said they do have a person of interest in the case.