populate

Meanings

• Verb

  To fill (a place or thing) with people or things; make populous.

  - "The city was populated with immigrants from all over the world."
  - "The new housing development will be populated with families in the coming months."

• Verb

  To supply (a database or a computer program) with data.

  - "The database was populated with customer information."
  - "The software was populated with test data."

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Antonyms

depopulate

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with populate
colocate , allocate , promulgate

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Variants

List of all variants of populate that leads to same result
populate , populated , populates , populating

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Forms

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populated, populating, populatable

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'populare' meaning 'to make the people happy' or 'to appeal to the people'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'populate' was first used in English in the 15th century.

2. The word 'populate' is often used interchangeably with 'colonize' or 'settle'.

3. Population growth is a major concern in many parts of the world today.

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Related Concepts

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1. Demography: The statistical study of populations and their characteristics.

2. Colonization: The establishment, occupation, and maintenance of colonies in new regions.

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Culture

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Populate has been used extensively in literature, particularly in science fiction and fantasy genres, to describe the colonization or settlement of new worlds or lands. It has also been used metaphorically to describe the growth or expansion of a population or community.

How to Memorize "populate"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a city being built and filled with people.
   - Visualize data being entered into a database.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'populate' with 'people' or 'population'.
   - Associate the word 'populate' with 'settlement' or 'colonization'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember that 'populate' starts with 'pop' as in 'population'.
   - Think of 'populate' as 'pop'ulating a place or thing.

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