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population
What does population mean?
population (noun): the people who inhabit a territory or state.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use population in a sentence?
- The population seemed to be well fed and clothed. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce population?
/ˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does population come from?
Borrowed from Late Latin populatio (“a people, multitude”), as if a noun of action from Classical Latin populus, equivalent to populate + -ion.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to population
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “population” mean?
the people who inhabit a territory or state
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systematic investigation to establish facts
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an economic role for which a person is paid
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a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
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