populate

Verb

1. (transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people.
2. (transitive) To live in; to inhabit.
3. (intransitive) To increase in number; to breed.
4. (ambitransitive) To fill initially empty items in a collection.
5. To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.

Adj

populous

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɒp.jʊˌleɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populor (“populate”), from Latin populus (“people”).

Synonyms

inhabit

people

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settle

occupy

dwell

reside

live

colonise

lodge

colonize

reproduction

room

population increase

abide

pullulation

breeding

hyperplasia

increase

live in

move

multiplication

proliferation

propagation

reduplication

Translations

peupler

povoar

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popolare

poblar

remplir

bevölkern

κατοικώ

αποτελώ τον πληθυσμό

poblar

vivre

occuper

habiter

occupare

résider

besiedeln

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