population

pronunciation

How to pronounce population in British English: UK [ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn]word uk audio image

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  • Noun:
    the people who inhabit a territory or state
    a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area
    (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
    the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)
    the act of populating (causing to live in a place)

Word Origin

population (n.)
1610s, from Late Latin populationem (nominative populatio) "a people; a multitude," as if from Latin populus "a people" (see people (n.)). Population explosion is first attested 1953.

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Example

1. Austin 's population has doubled in the past 20 years .
2. In an infinite population , anything that can happen will happen .
3. And yet , very little research has addressed smoking in this population .
4. The security services are constantly monitoring the population .
5. The working-age population is shrinking .

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