POPULATION

/ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən/ ► audio Scrabble 14 Words With Friends 19

Definition

  1. noun the people who inhabit a territory or state.
  2. noun a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area.
  3. noun (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn. — synonyms: universe
  4. noun 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.).
  5. noun the act of populating (causing to live in a place).

Examples

  • “The population of New Jersey will not stand for this!”
  • “India has the third-largest population of English-speakers in the world.”
  • “The town’s population is only 243.”

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