plural folk or folks
1
folk or folks plural
: people generally
2
folk or folks plural
: a certain kind, class, or group of people
old folks
just plain folk
country folk
media folk
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4
: folk music
5
: the great proportion of the members of a people that determines the group character and that tends to preserve its characteristic form of civilization and its customs, arts and crafts, legends, traditions, and superstitions from generation to generation
6
archaic
: a group of kindred tribes forming a nation : people
1
: originating or traditional with the common people of a country or region and typically reflecting their lifestyle
folk hero
folk music
2
: of or relating to the common people or to the study of the common people
folk sociology
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Examples of folk in a Sentence
Noun
Folks say that house is haunted.
Some folks think the law should be changed.
a home for old folks
the distinctive speech of folks from the South
I'll be spending the holidays with my folks.
His folks gave him everything a kid could want.
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Andrew Williams, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2024
His column focuses on the blessings and burdens of advancing age — and how some folks are challenging the stigma associated with older adults.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Stuart Munro, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022
The songwriter in question is Phoebe Kreutz, darling of the New York City anti-folk movement of the early ‘00s.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2022
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Noun
And there’s a question mark over whether any normal folks really care about the latest ruse to get people upgrading—AI in phones.
—Andrew Williams, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2024
His column focuses on the blessings and burdens of advancing age — and how some folks are challenging the stigma associated with older adults.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Adjective
As has been its wont for many years now, over its three days the festival offers a lineup that mixes folk and roots (however understood) and non-folk artists.
—Stuart Munro, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022
The songwriter in question is Phoebe Kreutz, darling of the New York City anti-folk movement of the early ‘00s.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2022
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“Folk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folk. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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folk
2 of 2 adjective
: of, relating to, or originating among the common people of a country or region
folk customs
folk music
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