ALL meanings of person
per·son
P p - noun person human being 1
- noun person law: natural person 1
- noun person law: juristic person 1
- noun person grammar 1
- noun person body 1
- noun person literature, theatre: character 1
- noun person a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons. 1
- expression person manager of sth 1
- noun person a human being as distinguished from an animal or a thing. 1
- noun person philosophy: rational being 1
- noun person an individual human being who likes or prefers something specified (used in combination): I've never been a cat person. 1
- noun person Sociology. an individual human being, especially with reference to his or her social relationships and behavioral patterns as conditioned by the culture. 1
- noun person Philosophy. a self-conscious or rational being. 1
- noun person the actual self or individual personality of a human being: You ought not to generalize, but to consider the person you are dealing with. 1
- noun person the body of a living human being, sometimes including the clothes being worn: He had no money on his person. 1
- noun person the body in its external aspect: an attractive person to look at. 1
- noun person a character, part, or role, as in a play or story. 1
- noun person an individual of distinction or importance. 1
- noun person a person not entitled to social recognition or respect. 1
- noun person Law. a human being (natural person) or a group of human beings, a corporation, a partnership, an estate, or other legal entity (artificial person or juristic person) recognized by law as having rights and duties. 1
- noun person Grammar. a category found in many languages that is used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to or about whom he or she is speaking. In English there are three persons in the pronouns, the first represented by I and we, the second by you, and the third by he, she, it, and they. Most verbs have distinct third person singular forms in the present tense, as writes; the verb be has, in addition, a first person singular form am. 1
- noun person Theology. any of the three hypostases or modes of being in the Trinity, namely the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. 1
- idioms person be one's own person, to be free from restrictions, control, or dictatorial influence: Now that she's working, she feels that she's her own person. 1
- idioms person in person, in one's own bodily presence; personally: Applicants are requested to apply in person. 1
- noun person the form a verb takes to indicate this characteristic 0
- noun person a role in a play; character 0
- noun person any individual or incorporated group having certain legal rights and responsibilities 0
- noun person any of the three modes of being (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) in the Trinity 0
- countable noun person A person is a man, woman, or child. 0
- noun plural person Persons is used as the plural of person in formal, legal, and technical writing. 0
- countable noun person If you talk about someone as a person, you are considering them from the point of view of their real nature. 0
- countable noun person If someone says, for example, 'I'm an outdoor person' or 'I'm not a coffee person', they are saying whether or not they like that particular activity or thing. 0
- countable noun person Your person is your body. 0
- countable noun person In grammar, we use the term first person when referring to 'I' and 'we', second person when referring to 'you', and third person when referring to 'he', 'she', 'it', 'they', and all other noun groups. Person is also used like this when referring to the verb forms that go with these pronouns and noun groups. 0
- noun person an individual human being 0
- noun person the body of a human being, sometimes including his or her clothing 0
- noun person a grammatical category into which pronouns and forms of verbs are subdivided depending on whether they refer to the speaker, the person addressed, or some other individual, thing, etc 0
- noun person a human being or a corporation recognized in law as having certain rights and obligations 0
- noun person a being characterized by consciousness, rationality, and a moral sense, and traditionally thought of as consisting of both a body and a mind or soul 0
- noun person a character or role; guise 0
- noun person any of the three hypostases existing as distinct in the one God and constituting the Trinity. They are the First Person, the Father, the Second Person, the Son, and the Third Person, the Holy Ghost 0
- noun person a human being, esp. as distinguished from a thing or lower animal; individual man, woman, or child 0
- noun person an individual regarded slightingly, as one of a lower status 0
- noun person a living human body 0
- noun person bodily form or appearance 0
- noun person personality; self; being 0
- noun person a characteristic, as of pronouns and verbs, indicating whether a given utterance refers to the speaker(s), the one(s) spoken to, or the one(s) spoken about; also, an analytic category based on this characteristic 0