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overpopulate

o·ver·pop·u·late
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-ver-pop-yuh-leyt]
    • /ˌoʊ vərˈpɒp yəˌleɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oh-ver-pop-yuh-leyt]
    • /ˌoʊ vərˈpɒp yəˌleɪt/

Definitions of overpopulate word

  • verb with object overpopulate to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs. 1
  • verb overpopulate to populate (a place) excessively 0
  • verb transitive overpopulate to populate (an area) too heavily for the available sustaining resources 0
See all 3 definitions of overpopulate

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Origin of overpopulate

First appearance:

before 1865
One of the 28% newest English words
First recorded in 1865-70; over- + populate

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Parts of speech for Overpopulate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Overpopulate

overpopulate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

overpopulate usage trend in Literature

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