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{
"term": "person",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a human as an individual",
"sensetop": "as a person",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "What sort of person would do a thing like that?"
},
{
"text": "He's a fascinating person."
},
{
"text": "What is she like as a person?",
"contextForm": "as a person"
},
{
"text": "He's just the person we need for the job."
},
{
"text": "She's the only person I can talk to about my problems."
},
{
"text": "Gary was the last person I expected to see when I answered the doorbell."
},
{
"text": "I had a letter from the people who used to live next door."
},
{
"text": "I'm not really a city person *(= I don't really like cities)*."
},
{
"text": "Can I speak to the person in charge, please?"
},
{
"text": "I'm not a religious person."
},
{
"text": "Police think they have found the person responsible for the muggings."
},
{
"text": "Robbie did what any other sane person would do in this situation."
},
{
"text": "She is a warm but very private person."
},
{
"text": "She's the right person for the job."
},
{
"text": "The disciplinary panel will notify the person concerned of its findings."
},
{
"text": "The police now realize that they had the wrong person."
},
{
"text": "a person from Vietnam"
},
{
"text": "a person from the same family as Gina"
},
{
"text": "the imprisonment of an innocent person"
},
{
"text": "As a gay person working in business, I have some experience of this."
},
{
"text": "It's easy to send an email to the wrong person by accident."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["young", "elderly", "old"],
"preposition": ["as a person", "in person", "person from"],
"phrases": [
"the person concerned",
"the person in charge",
"the person responsible"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a human, especially one who is not identified",
"labels": "(formal or disapproving)(law)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "A **certain person** *(= somebody that I do not wish to name)* told me about it."
},
{
"text": "The price is $40 per person."
},
{
"text": "This vehicle is licensed to carry 4 persons. *(= in a notice)*"
},
{
"text": "The verdict was murder by a person or persons unknown."
},
{
"text": "The virus is spread from person to person."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["young", "elderly", "old"],
"preposition": ["as a person", "in person", "person from"],
"phrases": [
"the person concerned",
"the person in charge",
"the person responsible"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a person working in the area of business mentioned; a person connected with the thing mentioned",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a salesperson"
},
{
"text": "a spokesperson"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "any of the three classes of personal pronouns. The first person (I/we) refers to the person(s) speaking; the second person (you) refers to the person(s) spoken to; the third person (he/she/it/they) refers to the person(s) or thing(s) spoken about.",
"labels": "(grammar)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Language"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "if you have or carry something about/on your person, you carry it about with you, for example in your pocket",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Relatives of the dead man were traced through an address found on his person."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to treat everyone in the same way, without being influenced by their importance, wealth, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Death is no respecter of persons."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "if you do something in person, you go somewhere and do it yourself, instead of doing it by letter, asking somebody else to do it, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You have to pick up the package in person."
},
{
"text": "She appeared in person to collect her prize."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "in the form or shape of somebody",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Help arrived in the person of his mother."
},
{
"text": "The firm has an important asset in the person of the sales director."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a person who is believed to be involved in a crime, but who has not been arrested",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Police have said they do have a person of interest in the case."
}
],
"synonyms": "suspect",
"topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːsn/",
"audio": "pe/person/person__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpiːpl/",
"audio": "pe/person/people__gb_4.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpɜːrsn/",
"audio": "pe/person/person__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpiːpl/",
"audio": "pe/person/people__us_4.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French persone, from Latin persona ‘actor's mask, character in a play’, later ‘human being’."
}