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population
(,p/A/p/j//@/'l/eI//S//@/n )

noun (n)

  • the people who inhabit a territory or state(noun.group)
    Example:
    The population seemed to be well fed and clothed.
    source: wordnet30
  • a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area(noun.group)
    Example:
    They hired hunters to keep down the deer population.
    source: wordnet30
  • (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    It is an estimate of the mean of the population.
    Synonym:
    universe
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.)(noun.quantity)
    Example:
    People come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade.
    The African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing.
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of populating (causing to live in a place)(noun.act)
    Example:
    He deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals.
    source: wordnet30
  • The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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