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populate

pop·u·late
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pop-yuh-leyt]
    • /ˈpɒp yəˌleɪt/
    • /ˈpɒp.jʊ.leɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pop-yuh-leyt]
    • /ˈpɒp yəˌleɪt/

Definitions of populate word

  • verb with object populate to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of. 1
  • verb with object populate to furnish with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 1
  • transitive verb populate fill with people 1
  • transitive verb populate programming: fill with data 1
  • transitive verb populate live in a place 1
  • verb populate If an area is populated by certain people or animals, those people or animals live there, often in large numbers. 0

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Origin of populate

First appearance:

before 1570
One of the 33% oldest English words
1570-80; < Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populāre to inhabit. See people, -ate1

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Parts of speech for Populate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

populate popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for populate

adj populate

  • bleak — If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve.

verb populate

  • cubed — cut into cubes
  • cubing — a solid bounded by six equal squares, the angle between any two adjacent faces being a right angle.
  • indwell — to inhabit.
  • indwelt — to inhabit.
  • inhabit — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.

adjective populate

  • deforested — Simple past tense and past participle of deforest.
  • depopulated — (of a place) reduced in population
  • windswept — open or exposed to the wind: a wind-swept beach.

Antonyms for populate

verb populate

  • depopulate — To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there.

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