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- Dictionarypopulate/ˈpɒpjʊleɪt/
verb
- 1. form the population of (a place): "the island is populated by scarcely 40,000 people" Similar
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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.
2 meanings: 1. to live in; inhabit 2. to provide a population for; colonize or people.... Click for more definitions.
Populate definition: to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of. See examples of POPULATE used in a sentence.
POPULATE meaning: 1. If an area is populated by people or animals, they live in that area: 2. to live in an area or…. Learn more.
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.
When people live in or occupy a country, city, or town, they populate it. It doesn’t always refer to people — bugs might populate your kitchen if you leave half-eaten food out. If your family lives alone on an island, you're the only people who populate it.
To be or become the inhabitants of; inhabit. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To fill (an empty field or array) with data. American Heritage. To fill (an electron shell of an atom) with electrons. American Heritage. (computing, transitive/intransitive) To fill initially empty items in a collection.
populate something to move people or animals to an area to live there. The French began to populate the island in the 15th century.
verb. uk / ˈpɒpjəleɪt / us. be populated. Add to word list. If an area is populated by people or animals, they live in that area: The countryside is densely / sparsely populated (= there are many/few people). The forest was populated by rare and colourful birds.
populate meaning, definition, what is populate: if an area is populated by a particular ...: Learn more.
