populate
pronunciation
How to pronounce populate in British English:
UK [ˈpɒpjuleɪt]
How to pronounce populate in American English:
US [ˈpɑːpjuleɪt]
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- Verb:
- make one's home or live in
- fill with people or supply with inhabitants
Word Origin
- populate (v.)
- 1610s, from Medieval Latin populatus, past participle of populare "inhabit, to people," from Latin populus "inhabitants, people, nation" (see people (n.)). Related: Populated; populating.
Example
- 1. We continue to populate our planet with systems that have catastrophic potential despite the known risks .
- 2. To populate the node , you add elements to it .
- 3. If millions of immigrants were brought over , they would populate the buildings but not perpetuate the culture .
- 4. Press tab and the subnet mask section will populate with default numbers .
- 5. Researchers still have much to study in the billions of whirling disks that populate our universe .