Folk

Word FOLK
Character 4
Hyphenation folk
Pronunciations /fəʊk/

Definitions and meanings of "Folk"

What do we mean by folk?

The common people of a society or region considered as the representatives of a traditional way of life and especially as the originators or carriers of the customs, beliefs, and arts that make up a distinctive culture. noun

A nation; a people. noun

People in general. noun

People of a specified group or kind. noun

One's parents. noun

The members of one's family or childhood household; one's relatives. noun

Of, occurring in, or originating among the common people. adjective

(just folks) Down-to-earth, open-hearted. idiom

People, considered either distributively or collectively. noun

Plural Persons mentally classed together as forming a special group: with a qualifying adjective or clause: in this use chiefly colloquial and generally in the form folks; as, old folks; young folks; poor folks. noun

The people as an aggregate; the common people: in this use without a plural form. noun

An aggregate or corporate body of persons; a people; a nation: as singular folk, as plural folks (but rare in the plural). noun

Plural friends: as, we are not folks now. noun

In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. noun

People in general, or a separate class of people; -- generally used in the plural form, and often with a qualifying adjective noun

The persons of one's own family. noun

One of a class of songs long popular with the common people. noun

The speech of the common people, as distinguished from that of the educated class. noun

A grouping of smaller peoples or tribes as a nation.

The inhabitants of a region, especially the native inhabitants.

(plural: folks) One’s relatives, especially one’s parents.

Folk music.

People in general.

A particular group of people.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Folk

The word "folk" in example sentences

At this point, what does the term "folk music" really mean? ❋ Unknown (2011)

” We use the term folk varieties in support of the efforts of Third World countries and the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to have these varieties recognized as a part of the ❋ Unknown (1991)

Q: The term folk hero has been thrown around a bit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The term folk etymology covers suggestions of the theos-deus ❋ Unknown (2009)

He seems genuinely surprised by this, and he offers three examples of what he calls "folk wisdom" about the crisis that lack, he notes, empirical evidence: that investors were led astray by devotion to the efficient-market hypothesis, particularly on real estate; that Wall Street pay focused on short-term trading profits rather than long-term incentives; and that investment banks boosted their leverage in the years leading up to the crisis. ❋ Robert Teitelman (2012)

The masses operate on the basis of what I call folk beliefs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nevertheless, that Burns could forswear his encounters with the folk is as likely as that Tam could swear off drink or cutty-sarks. ❋ Unknown (2006)

A faint clacking serenaded them, which she identified as folk working at looms. ❋ Unknown (2006)

But as for the other half, who live in rural areas, there's what he calls folk media. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Now the difference between this primitive music and that which we call folk song is that the latter is characterized by a feeling for design, in the broadest sense of the word, entirely lacking in the former. ❋ Edward MacDowell (1884)

It was very popular in Spain, and it belongs to what we call folk cinema.

As us plain folk sat in the break room shoveling down heinous amounts of meat-laden snacks, she came in and made running comments on how horrible we were treating our bodies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. Faccini's music is rooted in English folk, American blues, traditional West African music and taranta from southern Italy. ❋ Jim Fusilli (2011)

(To certain folk in Pralkesh, to be “raldanned” is to be given a show trial and found guilty without any chance of acquittal.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Liberal Arts folk from the NY Times article are missing a rather vital point - their truth, the thing that differentiates them from others is not whether they create jobs, or whether they are able to graduate students with pretty CVs, it is that they create thinkers with broad, open minds that are able to collaborate, learn, create and communicate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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