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noun
- 1. a human being regarded as an individual: "the porter was the last person to see her prior to her disappearance"
- 2. a category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms, according to whether they indicate the speaker (first person), the addressee (second person), or a third party (third person).
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The first person ("I" or "we") refers to the person speaking, the second person ("you") refers to the person being spoken to and the third person ("he", "she", "it", or "they") refers to another person or thing being spoken about or described:
She is a very nice person. I saw a person standing on the dock. Any person who wants a refund must have a receipt. Most people here are quite friendly. The tickets are $25 per person. The person at the front desk will be able to help you. The tax break is only applicable to persons in a high income bracket.
PERSON definition: 1. a human being: 2. If you do something in person, you go somewhere to do it yourself: . Learn more.
person is the most general and common word: the average person. individual views a person as standing alone or as a single member of a group: the characteristics of the individual; its implication is sometimes derogatory: a disagreeable individual.
Definition of person noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Person is a common way to refer to an individual human being and has developed some specialized uses. For example, person is sometimes used to mean someone’s body, usually referencing something they have in their possession, as in I feel so uncomfortable when I don’t have my phone on my person.
A human being is called a person, and while this applies to an actual individual, it also, in grammar, means the type of person — first person being "I/me," second person being "you," and third person being "he/him," "she/her," or "they/them."
person. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English per‧son /ˈpɜːsən $ ˈpɜːr-/ S1 W1 noun [ countable] 1 (plural people /ˈpiːpəl/) a human being, especially considered as someone with their own particular character He was a very nice person, always pleasant and friendly.
Person, individual, personage are terms applied to human beings. Person is the most general and common word: the average person. Individual views a person as standing alone or as a single member of a group: the characteristics of the individual; its implication is sometimes derogatory: a disagreeable individual.
A person couldn't be in control all the time - right all the time. It was amazing how clearly a person could see things when trouble lurked on the horizon. The place was quiet and secluded, and Sarah would be a sweet person to work for.
