populate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈpɒp.jʊˌleɪt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈpɑp.jəˌleɪt/

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Verb

Plain form populate

Third-person singular populates

Past tense populated

Past participle populated

Present participle populating

1. (transitive) If a place is populated, people live there, or sometimes animals live there.

   They lived on the only populated island in the area.

   She is fake, like most of the characters who populate TV shows today.

   The birds didn't populate the nest box for the next two years.

Related words

• population