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populate
[pop-yuh-leyt]
verb (used with object)
to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
Almost 2 million people populate the immediate area of the factory and were exposed to potential carcinogens.
to furnish with inhabitants, as by colonization; people.
In the 1700s, the British government populated the colony of New South Wales with convicts.
Digital Technology.Ģżto fill (a digital document): Sheās a fantastic photographer who has populated her blog with beautiful images.
The survey results will populate the spreadsheet as soon as they are submitted online.
Sheās a fantastic photographer who has populated her blog with beautiful images.
populate
/ Ė±čɱčĀįŹĖ±ō±šÉŖ³Ł /
verb
(often passive) to live in; inhabit
to provide a population for; colonize or people
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- outpopulate verb (used with object)
- repopulate verb (used with object)
- superpopulated adjective
- underpopulate verb (used with object)
- unpopulated adjective
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of populate1
Example Sentences
At least eight others were killed as the plane struck the hostel of a medical college when it came down on a densely populated residential area near the airport.
Officials earlier said some local people would also have died, given the populated area of Ahmedabad where the plane came down.
Gone were the waves, the sunshine and the blonde-haired girls that populated his earlier work ā replaced with interlocking songs that seemed to form a single piece of music.
How very dare you! ā have in turn blazed across social media spaces populated by the kind of folks who will tell you, unprompted, that they have a favorite punctuation mark and what it is.
Thereās a lot to lose, he wrote in his newsletter, including open space and recreation opportunities in the densely populated Los Angeles area.
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