[
UK
/pˈɒpjʊlˌeɪt/
]
[ US /ˈpɑpjəˌɫeɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈpɑpjəˌɫeɪt/ ]
VERB
-
fill with inhabitants
populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting -
be an inhabitant of or reside in
deer are populating the woods
this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
People lived in Africa millions of years ago
The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
How To Use populate In A Sentence
- Only 1 per cent of the flies are required to go back into the farm to repopulate the system. Times, Sunday Times
- They are part of a circular series of trades populated by sellers, buyers, buffers and ringmasters.
- Hence, "the horror of the taille depopulates the rural districts, concentrating in the towns all the talents and all the capital [5254]. The Ancient Regime
- the area is well populated
- Pretty soon the place was populated with everybody from gypsies to prime ministers to people with turbans running around - it was indeed an Orson party.
- To many, it means students of all colors and backgrounds will populate our nations' universities in harmony.
- The neon chicken radiates orange warmth into the sparsely populated diner.
- About 4,000 villages have been burnt and razed to the ground in an attempt to depopulate the area.
- Sorry, it was late at night and I was just put off by the notion that some substantial return of illegal migrants in the US to their native land would "repopulate" Mexico. Living in Mexico
- The rest of Iceland is agricultural, rural, or wild - 80% of its barren land is unpopulated.
