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populous
English
Etymology
First used in English in the mid 15th century; from Latin populosus (“full of people, populous”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?pj?l?s/
- (US) enPR: päp?y?-l?s, IPA(key): /?p?pj?l?s/
- Homophone: populace
Adjective
populous (comparative more populous, superlative most populous)
- Having a large population.
- (of a language) Spoken by a large number of people.
- 1974, Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, Nina M. Hyams, An Introduction to Language ?ISBN, page 524:
- The Sino-Tibetan family includes Mandarin, the most populous language in the world, spoken by more than one billion Chinese.
- 1974, Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, Nina M. Hyams, An Introduction to Language ?ISBN, page 524:
- Densely populated.
- Crowded with people.
Usage notes
- Do not confuse populace (a noun) with populous (an adjective).
Translations
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compressed
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?m?p??st/
Adjective
compressed (comparative more compressed, superlative most compressed)
- Pressed tightly together.
- Flattened, especially when along its entire length.
Hyponyms
- delta-compressed (software engineering)
Related terms
- compress (verb)
- compressible (adjective)
- compression (noun)
- compressor (noun)
Translations
Verb
compressed
- simple past tense and past participle of compress
Anagrams
- decompress
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