"people's" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpiːpəlz/
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} people's (not comparable)
  1. Considered to be of, from, or in tune with the common people, rather than from a ruling elite. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-people's-en-adj-NBvEJBXX
  2. In certain socialist states: of, from, or controlled (at least in name) by the common people rather than a ruling elite. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of, from, or controlled by the common people): شَعْبِيّ (šaʕbiyy) (Arabic), xalq (Azerbaijani), наро́дны (naródny) (Belarusian), наро́ден (naróden) (Bulgarian), ပြည်သူ့ (pranysu.) (Burmese), lidový (Czech), národní (Czech), populaire (French), Volks- (German), nép- (Hungarian), népi (Hungarian), popolare (Italian), liaudies [feminine, plural] (Lithuanian), народен (naroden) (Macedonian), ludowy (Polish), narodowy (Polish), наро́дный (naródnyj) (Russian), на́роднӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), národnī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ľudový (Slovak), národný (Slovak), ljȗdski (Slovene), popular (Spanish), наро́дний (naródnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-people's-en-adj-~FdWDyYX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -'s, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 94 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -'s: 7 74 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 92 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 92 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 97 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 10 85 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 15 76 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 13 77 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 74 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 15 75 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 18 73 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 87 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 87 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 74 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 93 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 15 76 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 15 76 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 75 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 93 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 14 77 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 15 76 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 15 76 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 92 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 14 76 10 Disambiguation of 'of, from, or controlled by the common people': 41 52 7
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, -'s. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-people's-en-adj-vCUmbduy
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          "text": "the People's Liberation Army",
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          "text": "She was elevated to the rank of People's Artist in 1940.",
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          "socialist",
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          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "šaʕbiyy",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "word": "شَعْبِيّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "word": "xalq"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "naródny",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "word": "наро́дны"
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          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
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          "roman": "naróden",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "word": "наро́ден"
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          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "pranysu.",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "word": "ပြည်သူ့"
        },
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          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
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          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "word": "národní"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "word": "populaire"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "word": "Volks-"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "word": "nép-"
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          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "word": "népi"
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          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "word": "popolare"
        },
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          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "liaudies"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "naroden",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "word": "народен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "word": "ludowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "word": "narodowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "naródnyj",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "word": "наро́дный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "на́роднӣ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
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          "word": "národnī"
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          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
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          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
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          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
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          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
          "word": "popular"
        },
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          "_dis1": "41 52 7",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "naródnyj",
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      "word": "ပြည်သူ့"
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      "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
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      "word": "národní"
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      "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
      "word": "Volks-"
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      "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
      "word": "nép-"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
      "word": "népi"
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      "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
      "word": "popolare"
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      "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
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      "roman": "naroden",
      "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
      "word": "народен"
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      "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
      "word": "ludowy"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
      "word": "narodowy"
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      "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
      "word": "наро́дный"
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
      "word": "popular"
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      "roman": "naródnyj",
      "sense": "of, from, or controlled by the common people",
      "word": "наро́дний"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.