populate
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. to fill (a digital document): The survey results will populate the spreadsheet as soon as they are submitted online.She’s a fantastic photographer who has populated her blog with beautiful images.
Origin of populate
1Other words from populate
- out·pop·u·late, verb (used with object), out·pop·u·lat·ed, out·pop·u·lat·ing.
- re·pop·u·late, verb (used with object), re·pop·u·lat·ed, re·pop·u·lat·ing.
- su·per·pop·u·lat·ed, adjective
- un·der·pop·u·late, verb (used with object), un·der·pop·u·lat·ed, un·der·pop·u·lat·ing.
- un·pop·u·lat·ed, adjective
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How to use populate in a sentence
Densely populated and impoverished, the community was struggling long before Ebola arrived.
In a country with a fully functioning health system populated with able and willing medical professionals, this is doable.
Doctors Without Borders Hits Ebola Breaking Point | Abby Haglage, Kent Sepkowitz | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTISIS is also beginning to make its presence felt in long-troubled and mostly Sunni-populated eastern Iran.
Our American tendency to see the world as populated by like-minded souls is never productive.
The border lacks major fortifications; the area is thinly populated.
He recognised the fact that the world was populated by fools, and he determined to make the most of his chances.
The Everlasting Arms | Joseph HockingI shall not presume to say anything on this subject, except that I believe this province has been populated about 270 years.
The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume II (of 3) | Elliott CouesThe mountains along both the north and the south coast were thinly populated.
A Roving Commission | G. A. HentyWe found the banks of the Ord very thickly populated, and frequently camped at night with different parties of natives.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de RougemontI request to be conducted into a better-populated compartment.
Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. | F. Anstey
British Dictionary definitions for populate
/ (ˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt) /
(often passive) to live in; inhabit
to provide a population for; colonize or people
Origin of populate
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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