English Explanatory Dictionary

populate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈpɒp.jʊˌleɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-populate.wav /ˈpɑ.pjəˌleɪt/ /ˈpɔp.jəˌlæɪt/

Word forms

populate populates populating populated more populate most populate

Etymology

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

Antonyms

depopulate

Related words

people popular population populous

Derived words

populatable populated populator autopopulate depopulate outpopulate overpopulate prepopulate repopulate underpopulate unpopulate

Translations

Bulgarian: попълвам Dutch: aanvullen French: remplir German: füllen Hungarian: feltölt Hungarian: kitölt Hungarian: megtölt Hungarian: feltöltődik Hungarian: megtelik Persian: اسکاندن Persian: سکنادن Russian: заполнить Ukrainian: запо́внювати
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