population
population Lexical Profile
population Game Scores & Validity
• noun
All the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country, or the total number of such people.
"The city's population has grown rapidly over the past two decades due to new job opportunities."
A community of animals, plants, or humans belonging to the same species that live in the same geographic area and are capable of interbreeding.
"Conservationists are closely monitoring the local wolf population to ensure the ecosystem remains balanced."
In statistics, a complete set of items, individuals, or events that share at least one property in common and from which a statistical sample is drawn.
"The researchers selected a random sample of five hundred students to represent the entire university population."
The action or process of supplying or filling an area or environment with inhabitants.
"The gradual population of the river valley began after fertile farmland was discovered there."
• Rhymes for population
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from Late Latin populatio ('a people, a multitude'), derived from Classical Latin populus ('people, nation').