what does populate mean?
POPULATE as VERB
- Meaning
- fill with people or supply with inhabitants
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- people a room
- The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country
Hypernyms(s) populate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
- Meaning
- make one’’s home or live in
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Usage Example(s)
- She resides officially in Iceland
- I live in a 200-year old house
- These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted
- The plains are sparsely populated
Hypernyms(s) populate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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