Collocations for "person"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "person" in context.
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person
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [kind, friendly, nasty, violent, generous, sensible, responsible] person
- a very important person
- a [natural, living, artificial, normal] person
- the [only, last, first] person to [see, have, climb]
- [look for, find, report] a missing person
- human and non-human persons
- [dolphins, primates] are non-human persons
- [apply, report, come] in person
- need a person with [IT, people, management] skills
- a person to [check, review, translate, edit]
- consider the person you are [dealing with, talking to]
- all persons must [show proof of ID, report to reception]
- most persons have [names, addresses, identities]
- (committed) by person or persons unknown
- only [by, from, for] authorized persons
- had no [money, cash, ID] on my person
- not on my person
- the [price, amount, cost, quantity] per person
- a person of note
- the person in [charge, control, question]
- the person responsible for [security, bookings, logistics]
- grammar: in the [third, first, second] person
- the book is written in the [third] person
'person' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
French
- Mexican
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Swiss
- ability
- able
- abrupt
- accomplished
- accurate
- acknowledge
- acquainted
- addiction
- address
- admit
- advise
- affect
- affectionate
- agreeable
- alive
- always
- ambition
- ambitious
- angry
- anguish
- animal
- annoying
- any
- apologize
- apparently
- apply
- articulate
- assured
- attend
- attitude
- authorization
- average
- aware
- awesome
- bad
- bad-tempered
- ballot
- bearing
- best
- better
- blind
- bold