population
noun
/ˌpɑ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
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/ˌpɒp.juːˈleɪ.ʃən/
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/ˌpɒp.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/
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- A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.
- (biology) A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.
- (statistics) A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.
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population
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populate
verb
/ˈpɑ.pjəˌleɪt/
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/ˈpɒp.jʊˌleɪt/
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/ˈpɔp.jəˌlæɪt/
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- (transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people.
- (transitive) To live in; to inhabit.
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peupler
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- (computing, ambitransitive) To fill initially empty items in a collection.
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remplir
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populism
noun
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- (philosophy) A political doctrine or philosophy that proposes that the rights and powers of ordinary people are exploited by a privileged elite, and supports their struggle to overcome this.
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populisme
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populous
adjective
/ˈpɑpjələs/
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/ˈpɒpjʊləs/
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- Having a large population.
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populeux
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populated
adjective
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- That has, or is supplied with, inhabitants or content.
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peuplé
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populational
adjective
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- Of or pertaining to population
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populationnel
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