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
In densely-populated cities real estate is expensive and can be hard to find.
Microsoft Had a Crazy Idea to Put Servers Under Water—and It Totally Worked | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | September 17, 2020 | Singularity HubIf non-edited cells in the embryo eventually populate most of the baby’s body, then the child would likely still succumb to the disease.
A CRISPR Baby Future? New Report Outlines Path to Human Germline Editing | Shelly Fan | September 15, 2020 | Singularity HubShelby Babcock, 26, lives in the tiny town of Hines in sparsely populated eastern Oregon, a Republican bastion in the Democratic-leaning state.
As states mull expanding vote by mail, they’re turning to Oregon for advice | Lee Clifford | August 24, 2020 | FortuneThis is because Google uses publicly available information and data from third parties and users to populate its local listings.
How to optimize your Google local Knowledge Panel | George Nguyen | August 13, 2020 | Search Engine LandIdeas about how remote Polynesia came to be populated have long inspired scientific debate.
South Americans may have traveled to Polynesia 800 years ago | Bruce Bower | July 8, 2020 | Science News
Her Facebook photos could populate a tame “girls with guns” style calendar.
There, abandoned “ghost towns” populate the prairie fields and deserts, serving as a reminder of a not-so-distant past.
Portraits of the Rolling Stones and other easily recognizable stars populate the small, alcove-like room straight ahead.
David Bailey’s ‘Stardust’ Shows a Keen Eye for Fine Faces | Chloë Ashby | February 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor the truly massive companies that populate the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the percentage is even higher.
Don’t Credit Obama with the Stock Boom, Credit the Fed and the International Economy | Daniel Gross | November 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe SUVs, coupes, and sedans that populate dealer showrooms are much greener than their antecedents.
Farewell to the Gas Station: The Demise of a Car-Culture Icon | Daniel Gross | May 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey needed souls and chimeras to populate the imaginary regions which they have discovered in the other life.
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean MeslierIn order to populate the new port, he proclaimed there a religious liberty he denied to his Duchy at large.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonThey may shun all association with women but at the same time maintain that they have a cultural mission to populate the earth.
The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races | Sanger Brown, III am getting to be an old man, and I have seen a great deal of the world, as we reckon it by the human beings who populate it.
The Mission of Poubalov | Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) BurtonHe wrote: I consider men as a herd of deer in the deer park of some great lord, having no other task but to populate the park.
Woman and Socialism | August Bebel
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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