populating

Meanings

• Verb

  To fill or stock (a place, area, or organization) with people or things.

  - "The city was populating rapidly."
  - "The company is populating its new office with employees."
  - "The museum is populating its exhibit with artifacts."

• Verb

  To cause (a place or area) to become inhabited or populated.

  - "The government is working to populate the desert region with new settlers."
  - "The island was populated by Polynesians thousands of years ago."
  - "The forest was populated by various species of animals."

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Antonyms

depopulate

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with populating
mopping , dropping , non-stopping

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Variants

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populate , populated , populates , populating

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Etymology

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From the past participle of populate, from populus 'people'.

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Trivia

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1. Populating is the past participle of the verb populate, which comes from the Latin word populus meaning 'people'.

2. The term 'population' comes from the same root.

3. The word populate first appeared in English in the 15th century.

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Related Concepts

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

2. Urbanization: The process of towns and cities growing in size and importance.

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Culture

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Populating has been used extensively in literature and art to depict the growth and development of communities and societies. In music, it is often used metaphorically to describe the process of filling a void or creating something new.

How to Memorize "populating"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a city growing and filling up with people and buildings.
   - Visualize a farm being populated with animals and crops.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the idea of growth and development.
   - Associate the word with the idea of filling a void or creating something new.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'People P' to remember the meaning of populate.
   - Use the mnemonic 'Populating Places' to remember the past tense form of the verb.

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