PERSON meaning: 1. a man, woman, or child: 2. used when describing someone's character: 3. If you do something or…. Learn more.

A person (pl.: people or persons, depending on context) is a being who has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of …

The meaning of PERSON is human, individual —sometimes used in combination especially by those who prefer to avoid man in compounds applicable to both sexes. How to use person in a …

A person is an individual human being. At least one person died and several others were injured. Everyone knows he's the only person who can do the job. My great-grandfather was a person …

A person is a human being, especially in contrast with an animal, plant, or object, as in Layla was the only person in the room, so my cat gave her all its attention.

2 days ago · person (plural people or persons) An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. [from 13th c.] quotations 1784, William Jones, The Description and …

Any of three groups of pronoun forms with corresponding verb inflections that distinguish the speaker (first person), the individual addressed (second person), and the individual or thing …

There are 21 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun person, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

4 days ago · 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 …

(Definition of person from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)