person

A human being considered as one individual.

• She is a kind person.
• Only one person came to the meeting.
• Who was the person you met yesterday?

Similar words: human being, individual

Common phrases: a nice person, one person, person next door

A grammar category showing whether words refer to the speaker, the listener, or someone or something else.

• The story is written in the first person.
• This verb has different endings for each person.
• Which pronouns belong to the third person?

Common phrases: first person, second person, third person

An individual or organization that the law recognizes as having rights and responsibilities.

• A company can be a legal person.
• The law treats each corporation as a separate person.
• The court considered whether the animal could be recognized as a person.

Similar words: legal entity

Common phrases: legal person, natural person, artificial person

Someone’s body, especially when talking about things carried or physical harm.

• He carried no money on his person.
• The guard searched her person for hidden weapons.
• The prisoner suffered injuries to his person.

How to use it: on someone’s person (The officer found a knife on his person.); about someone’s person (She kept the keys about her person.)

Similar words: body

Common phrases: on your person, search someone’s person