function office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
contribution part share | the part played by a person in bringing about a result, I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project, they all did their share of the work |
part-singing | singing with three or more voice parts |
auto part car part | a component of an automobile, his business is auto parts |
part portion | something less than the whole of a human artifact, the rear part of the house, glue the two parts together |
spare part spare | an extra component of a machine or other apparatus |
stern after part quarter poop tail | the rear part of a ship |
good part | a place of especial strength |
weak part weak spot soft spot | a place of especial vulnerability |
body part | any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
external body part | any body part visible externally |
structure anatomical structure complex body part bodily structure body structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing, he has good bone structure |
part parting | a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions, his part was right in the middle |
part | that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation, it requires vigilance on our part, they resisted every effort on his part |
part section division | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole, the written part of the exam, the finance section of the company, the BBC's engineering division |
character role theatrical role part persona | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play, she played the part of Desdemona |
bit part minor role | a small role |
title role name part | the role of the character after whom the play is named |
meronym part name | a word that names a part of a larger whole, `brim' and `crown' are meronyms of `hat' |
part of speech form class word class | one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context |
part-of-speech tagger pos tagger | a tagging program whose labels indicate a word's part of speech |
mantissa fixed-point part | the positive fractional part of the representation of a logarithm, in the expression log . the mantissa is . |
four-part harmony | harmony in which each chord has four notes that create four melodic lines |
part voice | the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music, he tried to sing the tenor part |
part music | vocal music for several voices in independent parts (usually performed without accompaniment) |
voice part | a part written for a singer |
bass bass part | the lowest part in polyphonic music |
people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively, old people, there were at least people in the audience |
business people businesspeople | people who transact business (especially business executives) |
country people countryfolk | people raised in or living in a rural environment, rustics |
country people countryfolk | people living in the same country, compatriots |
folk folks common people | people in general (often used in the plural), they're just country folk, folks around here drink moonshine, the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next |
free free people | people who are free, the home of the free and the brave |
color colour people of color people of colour | a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks) |
people | members of a family line, his people have been farmers for generations, are your people still alive? |
Irish National Liberation Army INLA People's Liberation Army People's Republican Army Catholic Reaction Force | a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland |
Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization MKO MEK People's Mujahidin of Iran | a terrorist organization formed in the s by children of Iranian merchants, sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism, following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah |
New People's Army NPA | a terrorist organization that is the militant wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, a Maoist organization formed to overthrow the government, uses hit squads called Sparrow Units, opposes United States military presence in the Philippines |
People against Gangsterism and Drugs PAGAD | a terrorist organization in South Africa formed in to fight drug lords, evolved into a vigilante group with anti-western views closely allied with Qibla, is believed to have ties to Islamic extremists in the Middle East, is suspected of conducting bouts of urban terrorism |
Revolutionary People's Liberation Party Revolutionary People's Liberation Front | an extreme Marxist terrorist organization in Turkey that is opposed to NATO and the United States, attacks Turkish security and military officials |
Revolutionary People's Struggle ELA | an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from to , a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States |
citizenry people | the body of citizens of a state or country, the Spanish people |
poor people poor | people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group), the urban poor need assistance |
rich people rich | people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group), only the very rich benefit from this legislation |
multitude masses mass hoi polloi people the great unwashed | the common people generally, separate the warriors from the mass, power to the people |
People's Party Populist Party | a former political party in the United States, formed in to advocate currency expansion and state control of railroads |
flower people hippies hipsters | a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the s, advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs, favored acid rock and progressive rock music |
ruling class people in power | the class of people exerting power or authority |
unemployed people unemployed | people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group), the long-term unemployed need assistance |
chosen people | any people believing themselves to be chosen by God |