Adjective word for population

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the
verb populate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

populous

populist

populated

populational

populatable

populistic

populate

populating

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Contents

  • 1 English
    • 1.1 Noun
    • 1.2 Derived terms
    • 1.3 Related terms
    • 1.4 Adjectives for Population
    • 1.5 Verbs for Population
    • 1.6 Thesaurus
    • 1.7 Etymology
    • 1.8 Pronunciation
  • 2 Translations
  • 3 French
    • 3.1 Noun
    • 3.2 Pronunciation
    • 3.3 Related terms

English

Noun

Population (plural Populations)

  1. (collective) The people living within a political or geographical boundary
    The population of New Jersey will not stand for this!
  2. The people living in a single place.
    The population of some smalltowns is numbered in under four digits
  3. (biology) A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area
    A seasonal migration annually changes the populations in two or more biotopes drastically, many twice in opposite senses
  4. A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world
    The town’s population is only 243.
  5. (statistics) A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn
    «…it is possible it [the Anglo-Saxon race] might stand second to the Scandinavian countries [in average height] if a fair sample of their population were obtained.» Francis Galton et al. (1883). Final Report of the Anthropometric Committee, Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, p. 269.
  6. (computing) The act of filling initially empty items in a collection.
    John clicked the Search button and waited for the population of the list to complete.

Derived terms

  • population explosion
  • population growth

  • popular
  • populate
  • populous

Adjectives for Population

scattered; floating; indolent; communicative; teeming; wage-earning; bucolic; indus¬trious; curious; inflammable; resident; indigenous; migratory; proper; crowded;
ancient; coming; stunted; haggard; lifeless;
varied; predatory; sparse; strenuous; adventurous; squalid; turbulent; rebellious surplus; predominant; intractable; hostile miserable; swarming; aboriginal; motley much-slaughtered; abstemious; shifting enormous; nomadic; supplicating; homogeneous; submissive; sufficient; voting; dense;
warlike; sluggish; energetic; active; wwk-less; rustic; animated; agricultural; urban.

Verbs for Population

control—; decimate—; harbor—; immunize
—to; increase—; oppress—; scourge—; teem with—; —ascends; —decreases; —dwindles; —expands; —mounts.

Thesaurus

Beehive, Cepheid variable, Everyman, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, Hyades, John Doe, Messier catalog, NGC, Pleiades, Public, Seven Sisters, absolute magnitude, anchorage, binary star, black hole, body politic, citizenry, citizens, colonization, common man, commonwealth, community, community at large, double star, dwarf star, empeoplement, establishment, estate, everybody, everyman, everyone, everywoman, fixation, fixed star, folk, folks, foundation, general public, gentry, giant star, globular cluster, gravity star, inauguration, inhabitants, inhabiting, initiation, installation, installment, investiture, lodgment, magnitude, main sequence star, mass-luminosity law, men, mooring, nation, nationality, neutron star, nova, open cluster, people, people in general, peoplement, peopling, persons, plantation, polity, populace, populations, public, pulsar, quasar, quasi-stellar radio source, radio star, red giant star, relative magnitude, settlement, settling, sky atlas, society, spectrum-luminosity diagram, star, star catalog, star chart, star cloud, star cluster, state, stellar magnitude, supernova, variable star, white dwarf star, world, you and me

Etymology

From Late Latin populatio (a people, multitude), as if a noun of action from Classical Latin populus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /pɒpjuːleɪʃən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Translations

all people living within a political or geographical boundary

  • Afrikaans: bevolking (af)
  • Albanian: popullsisë (sq) f.
  • Arabic: سُكّان (ar) (sukkaan) m.
  • Catalan: població (ca) f.
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 人口 (cmn) (rénkǒu)
  • Czech: populace (cs) f., obyvatelstvo (cs) n.
  • Danish: befolkning (da) c.
  • Dutch: bevolking (nl) f.
  • Esperanto: loĝantaro (eo)
  • Estonian: elanikkond (et), rahvastik (et)
  • Finnish: väestö (fi)
  • French: population (fr) f.
  • Galician: poboación (gl) f.
  • German: Bevölkerung (de) f.
  • Hebrew: אוכלוסייה (he) (okhlusiyá) f., אוכלוסין אֻכְלוּסִין (he) (ukhlusín) m. pl.
  • Hungarian: lakosság (hu)
  • Indonesian: populasi (id)
  • Italian: popolazione (it) f.
  • Japanese: 人口 (じんこう, jinkō)
  • Korean: 인구 (in-gu)
  • Ladino: poblasyon, פובלאסיון (poblasyon)
  • Malayalam: ജനസംഖ്യ (janasamkhya)
  • Polish: ludność (pl) f.
  • Portuguese: população (pt) f.
  • Romanian: populaţie (ro) f.
  • Russian: население (ru) (naselénije) n.
  • Serbian: становништво (sr) n.
  • Spanish: población (es) f.
  • Swedish: befolkning (sv) c., population (sv) c.
  • Thai: ประชากร (th) (bpra chaa gaawn)
  • Vietnamese: dân số (vi)

biology: collection of organisms

number of residents in a given area

  • Arabic: سكانية (sakaníya) f.
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 人口 (cmn) (rénkǒu)
  • Dutch: bevolking (nl), inwonertal (nl) n.
  • Estonian: rahvaarv (et), elanike arv (et)
  • Faroese: fólkatal (fo) n.
  • Finnish: asukasluku (fi), väkiluku (fi)
  • German: Bevölkerungszahl (de) f., Einwohnerzahl (de) f.
  • Hebrew: אוכלוסיה (he) (okhlusiyá) f., אוכלוסין אֻכְלוּסִין (he) (ukhlusín) m. pl.
  • Japanese: 人口 (じんこう, jinkō)
  • Malayalam: ജനസംഖ്യ (janasamkhya)
  • Russian: население (ru) (naselénije) n.
  • Spanish: población (es) f.
  • Swedish: befolkning (sv) c., population (sv) c., invånarantal (sv) n.

greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn

The translations below need to be checked.

French

Noun

Population f. (plural Populations)

  1. A population

Pronunciation

  • populaire
  • populeux

Pa and the other managers were on the platform of the last car of the last section, as it pulled out across the river, at daylight, and even that early it seemed as though the whole colored population of Memphis was on the way to the park, to secure good positions, so they could receive their share of the money.

I do not know what total population Cunningham allowed for that country, nor on what principle he allotted one hundred and seventy millions of it to Buddhism; perhaps he halved his estimate of the whole, whereas Berghaus and Davids allotted to it the highest estimates that have been given of the people.

He had shown extraordinary talent in his government of the native population, and his rule had been a complete success.

CITYWARD (An editorial) To an individual who from whatever motives of personal advantage or mere curiosity has made himself an observer of current tendencies, the drift of our rural population cityward gives food for serious reflection.

They got him up off the ice, and Nicholas and the sturdy old Pymeut storyteller, Yagorsha, walked him, or ran him rather, the rest of the way to Pymeut, for they were not so near the village as the travellers had supposed on seeing nearly the whole male population.

The whole negro population of Africa is now rotten with diseases introduced by Arabs and Europeans during the last century, and such African statesmen as Sir Harry Johnston are eloquent upon the necessity of saving the blacksand the baser whitesfrom the effects of trade gin and similar alluring articles of commerce.

England, curiously enough, is almost the only country in the world where the peasant or ordinary fieldworker has no field of his own; and I find that in the villages and among the general agricultural population there is even now but little enthusiasm for the present

In spite of the severe losses of the Germans, the return of the high sea fleet to Heligoland was marked by a grand ovation by the civil population.

May it not be that science, while delving among the wrecks of vanished ages, may stumble upon some new principle, or combination of the elements of which these old rocks are composed, that shall give them a value beyond that of the richest lowlands, and make them the centre of a dense and cultivated population?« «Your question,« answered Spalding, «is suggestive.

The country was silent and full of thoughts,thoughts not always very agreeable,whereas there were always the humors of the little urban population to glance at, the news to be heard,all those petty matters which so often make up life in a very impoverished version for the idle man.

And talking about the difficulty of sorting out mixed populations, or of dealing with small colonies of one race embedded in the midst of another race, it is evident that once you get rid of autocratic or military or classgovernment of any kind, and return to democratic forms, this difficulty will be much reduced or disappear.

Compensation for the losses and damages sustained by the civilian population of the allied and associated Powers during the period in which they were at war with Germany (Art.

] CHAPTER III ~KhotenProcessions of Images~ YuTeen is a pleasant and prosperous kingdom, with a numerous and flourishing population.

The spokespeople for globalism began to be perceived as if they were the 15th century Catholic missionaries that preceded the Conquistadors, preparing indigenous populations for eventual colonisation.

In a scanty population, I should say it has a bad effect.

No one had ever suggested such annexation, which certainly was a far more serious thing than the annexation of AlsaceLorraine to Germany, as there was considerable German population in AlsaceLorraine.

The houses are high, and many of the streets narrow and offensive, for want of cleanliness and from an immense population; such numbers are continually in the streets, that there is no quiet or good air in the town.

It does seem to me preposterous to credit Buddhism with the whole of the vast population of China, the great majority of whom are Confucianists.

«If they would rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.

Yet, such is the state of one portion of our female population, at a time when we are calling ourselves the most polished nation on earth.

If we can take the city without much massacre, I shall think the job a good one, because no doubt the relations of the Cantonese with the foreign population were very unsatisfactory, and a settlement was sooner or later inevitable.

After Buddha attained to parinirvâna the kings of the various countries and the heads of the Vaisyas built vihâras for the priests, and endowed them with fields, houses, gardens, and orchards, along with the resident populations and their cattle, the grants being engraved on plates of metal, so that afterwards they were handed down from king to king, without any one daring to annul them, and they remain even to the present time.

Beneath the turbulent throng of Teutonic nobles, among whom the king was only the most exalted and not always the strongest, there lay the GalloRoman population which had so long been accustomed to be ruled without representation by a distant government exercising its authority through innumerable prefects.

I submit that there is every motive why this community, as well as the whole kingdom, should wish to preserve this industrious population in health and in the possession of their energies.

The civilized population either perished or was reduced to slavery, and all the high grounds were added to the previous conquests of the Salians.

What do we mean by population?

All of the people inhabiting a specified area. noun

The total number of such people. noun

The total number of inhabitants constituting a particular race, class, or group in a specified area. noun

The act or process of furnishing with inhabitants. noun

All the organisms that constitute a specific group or occur in a specified habitat. noun

The set of individuals, items, or data from which a statistical sample is taken. noun

In biometry, a species, race, variety, or group of organisms that can be differentiated from other groups. noun

The act or process of populating or peopling: as, the rapid population of the country still continues. noun

The whole number of people or inhabitants in a country, county, city, or other locality: as, the population has increased 20,000 in four years; also, a part of the inhabitants in any way distinguished from the rest: as, the German population of New York. noun

The state of a locality with regard to the number of its inhabitants; populousness. noun

The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants. noun

The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country. noun

The people living within a political or geographical boundary noun

A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world. noun

A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area noun

A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn noun

The act of filling initially empty items in a collection. noun

The people who inhabit a territory or state noun

The number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.) noun

The people living within a political or geographical boundary.

(by extension) The people with a given characteristic.

A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.

A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.

A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.

The act of filling initially empty items in a collection.

To fill in information on a website like linkedin, tumblr, etc. Urban Dictionary

It means to «make something popular» that other wise is unknown. Urban Dictionary

1. A principle that the citizenry of a nation decides its government’s endeavors.
2. An often noisy and/or militant mob mentality fostering anti-intellectualism, which operates from primitive emotional instincts rather than from civil, substantive disagreement. Urban Dictionary

A simplistic ideology that focuses on grievance and often implies there is an easy solution but often lacks concrete proposals. Urban Dictionary

Containing many people or inhabitants; having a large population Urban Dictionary

The act of populating an area. Urban Dictionary

The individual that makes up a population. Urban Dictionary

Population is the part of the prison or penitentiary where the majority of the prisoners are held. As opposed to solitary confinement or the psych ward. Urban Dictionary

Another word for popping…
can be used as in to get (something) started
or as in «what’s up?» or «what’s going on?» Urban Dictionary

(noun) the word is used in reference to those members of the «general population»… the unfathomable amount of morons that make-up «barely average»… generally used in reference to intelligence Urban Dictionary

Is population an adjective?

Having a large population. (of a language) Spoken by a large number of people. Densely populated.

Is populated a noun?

Word family (noun) population (adjective) populated ≠ unpopulated populous (verb) populate.

Is engine a verb or a noun?

engine. verb. engined; engining. Definition of engine (Entry 2 of 2) transitive verb.

Is population uncountable noun?

population = countable noun It can be uncountable under special circumstances, but basically it is countable.

Is population abstract noun?

It is both a common noun and a collective noun. The word, “population,” is both a collective noun and a common noun.

Is population a Noncount noun?

Though the word Population is often used as an uncountable noun as Beth says, it can also be considered as a countable group/collective noun (we see ‘population’ as a whole unit, not as many individuals).

What is the verb of population?

populate. (transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people. (intransitive) To live in; to inhabit.

Is Populational a word?

Population means the number of people in a geographic area. The word population––and also the word populace––derive from the Latin populus, “people.” To remember that population is connected to people, think about the words popular, populist, pop culture, pop music.

What kind of verb is populated?

verb (used with object), pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing. to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of. to furnish with inhabitants, as by colonization; people.

What means foil?

(Entry 1 of 5) transitive verb. 1a : to prevent from attaining an end : defeat always able to foil her enemies Her accident foiled her from becoming a dancer. b : to bring to naught : thwart foiled the plot Police foiled an attempted robbery.

What is an example of foil?

A foil exists simply to shine the spotlight on certain traits of another character, without necessarily creating opposition or conflict. John Watson, for example, is a foil to Sherlock Holmes in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories.

What is a foil in literature?

Foil, in literature, a character who is presented as a contrast to a second character so as to point to or show to advantage some aspect of the second character.

Where did foil come from?

Foil as a noun meaning “a thin sheet of metal,” comes from a French word for “leaf,” modern French feuille. The sense of “metallic food wrap” dates from 1946.

Why is it called foil?

The word foil comes from the old practice of backing gems with foil to make them shine more brightly.

Who is the foil in Harry Potter?

Draco Malfoy

What kind of noun is foil?

noun. metal in the form of very thin sheets: aluminum foil.

Is a foil character a noun?

foil noun (COMPARISON) someone or something that makes another’s good or bad qualities all the more noticeable: The older, cynical character in the play is the perfect foil for the innocent William.

How do you foil someone?

You can serve as a foil to someone if you show them to be better than you by contrast. If you can’t dance but your friend Lisa can, you can be a foil to Lisa’s grace. If you’re having trouble remembering this definition, think about a shiny piece of tin foil.

What part of speech is foil?

foil 2

part of speech: noun
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: foils, foiling, foiled
definition 1: to cover or back with foil.
definition 2: to make more noticeable by contrast.

What is another word for foil?

Some common synonyms of foil are baffle, balk, frustrate, and thwart. While all these words mean “to check or defeat another’s plan or block achievement of a goal,” foil implies checking or defeating so as to discourage further effort.

What’s another name for tin foil?

Aluminium foil (or aluminum foil in North America; often informally called tin foil) is aluminium prepared in thin metal leaves with a thickness less than 0.2 mm (7.9 mils); thinner gauges down to 6 micrometres (0.24 mils) are also commonly used.

When did they stop making tin foil?

Tinfoil was superseded by aluminum foil shortly after World War II. The term “tinfoil” is still used in some regions as a substitute for “aluminum foil,” but I have not heard it for decades.

What is the synonym and antonym of foil?

ˈfɔɪl) Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. Synonyms. baffle scotch disappoint cross prevent frustrate let down queer preclude ruin dash bilk foreclose spoil forestall short-circuit thwart forbid. Antonyms. enrich linger inelegance succeed refrain.

What is the antonym for foil?

What is the opposite of foil?

advance assist
forward foster
further nurture
promote abet
aid allow

What is the opposite of foil?

Antonyms of FOIL calm, release, abet, lose, nurture, meet, cultivate, face, assist, soothe, foster, promote, placate, advance, help, ease, surrender, smooth, further, inspirit, facilitate, liberate, encourage, allow, aid, forward.

How do you use foil in a sentence?

Foil in a Sentence ?

  1. Fortunately, the police were able to foil the kidnapper’s plan.
  2. Ben was able to foil his attacker’s assault by placing a trashcan lid over his chest.
  3. Working together, the countries hope to foil future terrorist attacks.

What is the opposite of a foil in literature?

Foil and Mirror Although traditionally, foil=opposite and mirror=same These terms are indelibly related and perhaps more synonym than antonym.

населять, заселять

глагол

- населять, заселять

to populate a new country — заселять новую страну
densely /thickly/ [sparsely] populated areas — густонаселённые [малонаселённые] районы, районы с высокой [низкой] плотностью населения

- редк. плодиться, размножаться

прилагательное

- уст., поэт. людный

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

one of the most densely populated areas in the world — один из самых густонаселённых районов мира  
populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting — заселить лес оленями и дикими кабанами с целью охоты  
populate a new country — заселять новую страну  
over-populate — перенаселять  
populate new country — заселять новую страну  

Примеры с переводом

This territory is rapidly populating.

Эта территория быстро заселяется.

Strange creatures populate the ocean depths.

Глубины океана населяют странные существа.

Immigrants began to populate the area in the late 19th century.

Иммигранты начали заполнять эту область в конце девятнатцатого века.

Примеры, ожидающие перевода

The highlands are populated mainly by peasant farmers.

Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке , напротив примера.

Возможные однокоренные слова

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: populate
he/she/it: populates
ing ф. (present participle): populating
2-я ф. (past tense): populated
3-я ф. (past participle): populated

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