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- Dictionarypopulated/ˈpɒpjʊleɪtɪd/
adjective
- 1. inhabited: "a densely populated area"
- 2. (of a printed circuit board) having components fitted.
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(of a place) having people living there: They don't want to run the risk of bombs falling on populated areas. They live in densely populated, racially segregated neighbourhoods. See. populate. Fewer examples. Wild animals are seldom seen in populated areas.
POPULATE definition: 1. If an area is populated by people or animals, they live in that area: 2. to live in an area or…. Learn more.
The meaning of POPULATE is to have a place in : occupy, inhabit. How to use populate in a sentence.
(of a place) having people living there: They don't want to run the risk of bombs falling on populated areas. They live in densely populated, racially segregated neighborhoods. See. populate. Fewer examples. Wild animals are seldom seen in populated areas. Children who live in heavily populated city neighborhoods are more likely to contract asthma.
pop·u·late. (pŏp′yə-lāt′) tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates. 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization. 2. To live in; inhabit: creatures that populate the ocean depths. 3. Computers To fill (an empty field or array) with data.
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.
If an area is populated by certain people or animals, those people or animals live there, often in large numbers. They populate the surrounding villages. American English : populate / ˈpɒpyəleɪt /
