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population
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin populatio (“a people, multitude”), as if a noun of action from Classical Latin populus. Doublet of poblacion.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?pj??le???n/
- IPA(key): /p?pju??le???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
population (plural populations)
- 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.
- (biology) A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.
- (statistics) A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.
- 1883, Francis Galton et al., Final Report of the Anthropometric Committee, Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, p. 269.
- […] 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.
- 1883, Francis Galton et al., Final Report of the Anthropometric Committee, Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, p. 269.
- (computing) The act of filling initially empty items in a collection.
Related terms
- popular
- populate
- populous
Translations
Danish
Noun
population
- (statistics) population
Declension
See also
- stikprøve (“sample”)
French
Etymology
Borrowing from Late Latin popul?ti?, popul?ti?nem from Latin populus (“people”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?.py.la.sj??/
Noun
population f (plural populations)
- A population
Related terms
- populaire
- populeux
- peuple
Further reading
- “population” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
population (plural populationes)
- population
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overpopulated
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: ?'v?r-p?p?y?-l?t(')?d, IPA(key): /?o?v??p?pj?(?)le?t?d/
- Rhymes: -?pj?le?t?d
- Hyphenation: over?pop?u?lat?ed
Etymology 1
Verb form of overpopulate.
Verb
overpopulated
- simple past tense and past participle of overpopulate
Etymology 2
First recorded in 1828, predating overpopulate. From over- +? populated. Compare earlier overpeopled and overpopulous.
Adjective
overpopulated (comparative more overpopulated, superlative most overpopulated)
- Having or consisting of a higher population than can be sustained.
- Synonyms: overpeopled, overpopulous
Related terms
- overcrowded
Translations
References
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