Populate

Pronunciation: /ˈpɑpjəˌleɪt/

Definitions of populate

verb to inhabit or live in; to fill with inhabitants or people

Example Sentences

A1 People populate the small village.

A2 Animals populate the forests in this region.

B1 Immigrants have helped to populate this city over the years.

B2 The new housing development will populate the area with families.

C1 Efforts to populate Mars with human settlers are being planned.

C2 The government's policies aim to populate rural areas to boost the economy.

Examples of populate in a Sentence

formal The government's goal is to populate rural areas to boost economic development.

informal Let's populate the spreadsheet with all the necessary data.

slang We need to populate this party with cool people.

figurative Her mind was populated with memories of her childhood.

Grammatical Forms of populate

• past tense: populated
• plural: populates
• comparative: more populated
• superlative: most populated
• present tense: populates
• future tense: will populate
• perfect tense: has populated
• continuous tense: is populating
• singular: populates
• positive degree: populate
• infinitive: populate
• gerund: populating
• participle: populated

Origin and Evolution of populate

First Known Use: 1578 year

Language of Origin: Latin

Story behind the word: The word 'populate' originates from the Latin word 'populatus', which means 'inhabited' or 'populated'.

Evolution of the word: Over time, 'populate' has retained its original meaning of inhabiting or populating an area, but has also come to be used more broadly in the context of filling or occupying a space with people or things.