American English pronunciation
How to pronounce populate
IPA transcription: ['pɑpjə,leɪt]
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Verb
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inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
“People lived in Africa millions of years ago”
“The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted”
“this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean”
“deer are populating the woods”
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fill with inhabitants
“populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting”
Usage examples
- Bitra is one of the populated islands of Lakshadweep.
- The administrative seat is Ansbach but the most populated city is Nuremberg.
- The gulf coast is highly populated.
- The parish is sparsely populated.
- It reproduces asexually, which limits its ability to populate and colonize habitats.
- The developers' intention was to perform the destruction sequence away from populated locations.
- It is likely that more balloon bombs landed in unpopulated areas of North America.
- A sparsely populated area around Milner Road is also part of the suburb.
- The land in Canada was the last region still not populated by Europeans.
- It is held to a non-explicit rating and is generally continually populated.