populate

pop·u·late  (ppy-lt)

tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates

1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people.

2. To live in; inhabit: creatures that populate the ocean depths.

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[Medieval Latin populre, popult-, from Latin populus, the people; see popular.]

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populate [ˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt]

vb (tr)

1. (often passive) to live in; inhabit

2. to provide a population for; colonize or people

[from Medieval Latin populāre to provide with inhabitants, from Latin populus people]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	populate - 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" inhabit, live, dwell tenant - occupy as a tenant neighbor, neighbour - live or be located as a neighbor; "the neighboring house" lodge in, occupy, reside - live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" domicile, domiciliate, reside, shack - make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida" people - furnish with people; "The plains are sparsely populated" overpopulate - cause to have too great a population; "Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated" cohabit, live together, shack up - share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple lodge - be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?" bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp, tent - live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" nest - inhabit a nest, usually after building; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring" be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" room, board - live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"
	2.	populate - fill with inhabitants; "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting" people - fill with people; "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes" fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"

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populate

verb

1. inhabit, people, live in, occupy, reside in, dwell in (formal) the native people who populate areas around the city

2. settle, people, occupy, pioneer, colonize North America was populated largely by Europeans.

Translations

populate [ˈpɒpjʊleɪt] VT → poblar

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populate [ˈpɒpjʊleɪt] vt → peupler

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populate

vt (= inhabit) → bevölkern; (= colonize) → besiedeln; populated by → bevölkert von; this area is populated mainly by immigrants → in diesem Stadtteil leben or wohnen hauptsächlich Einwanderer; densely populated areas → dicht besiedelte Gebiete pl; densely populated cities → dicht bevölkerte Städte pl

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populate [ˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt] vt → popolare

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populate [ˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt] vt → popolare

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populate

v populate [ˈpopjuleit]

(usually in passive) to fill with people That part of the world used to be populated by wandering tribes. bevolk يُعَمِّر، يملأ بالسُّكّان заселвам osídlit befolke bevölkern εποικώ, κατοικώ poblar asustama دارای سکنه کردن asuttaa peupler לְאַכלֵס बसना, बस जाना napučiti benépesít memukimkan, menghuni, mendiami byggja land popolare 住む 사람을 거주 시키다 apgyvendinti apdzīvot menghuni bevolken befolke zaludniać povoar a popula населять osídliť poseliti naseliti befolka ตั้งถิ่นฐาน insan yerleştirmek 使人口聚居在...中 населяти; заселяти آباد کرنا، بسانا đến định cư 使人口聚居在...中

n popuˈlation

the people living in a particular country, area etc the population of London is 8 million; a rapid increase in population. bevolking سُكّان население obyvatelstvo befolkning die Bevölkerung πληθυσμός población rahvastik جمعیت väkiluku population אוּכלוּסִייָה आबादी stanovništvo lakosság penduduk íbúar; íbúafjöldi popolazione 人口 인구 gyventojai, gyventojų skaičius iedzīvotāji; iedzīvotāju skaits jumlah penduduk bevolking befolkning ludność população populaţie население obyvateľstvo prebivalstvo populacija befolkning, folkmängd ประชากร nüfus 人口，(全體)居民 населення آبادي dân số 人口，（全体）居民

adj populous

full of people a populous area. bevolk مُزْدَحِم بالسُّكّان гъсто населен lidnatý folkerig; tæt befolket dichtbesiedelt πυκνοκατοικημένος populoso rahvarohke پرجمعیت tiheään asuttu populeux מְאוּכלַס घनी आबादी वाला, जनाकीर्ण jako napučen népes padat penduduknya þéttbÿll; margmennur popolato 인구가 많은 tankiai gyvenamas biezi apdzīvots ramai penduduknya dichtbevolkt folkerik, tett befolket gęsto zaludniony populoso populat густонаселённый ľudnatý gosto naseljen naseljen folkrik, tätbefolkad ซึ่งมีพลเมืองหนาแน่น kalabalaık 人口稠密的 багатолюдний; густонаселений آباد، کثير آبادي والا đông đúc 人口稠密的

population is singular: The population of the city increases in the summer .