population
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- noun
- /ˌpɑːpjʊˈleɪʃən/
:
poblamiento
- Thus, archeological data aid in assessing population change during the first half of the sixteenth century.
- population policy
- population movements
- population shift
Examples
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The average population density in the US is very low.
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We estimate global energy consumption for alternative future scenarios of population growth and standards of living.
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You need to account for population structure in your analysis.
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So his idea was that increasing population was not a good thing.
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Is there anything that you learned from your training that you wish the general population either knew or knows now?
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Let's not forget, this is also about population control.
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Artificial population control was established.
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Model 2 added individual characteristics, the neighborhood poverty rate, and population density to the first model.
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With population growth, the ability of local storage infrastructure to buffer the population from the impacts of drought decreases.
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The government implemented policies to encourage the population to settle in less populated areas.
Synonyms
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A place where people start living together in a new area
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
A United Nations group that gives advice about population size and growth worldwide
- Specialized
Controlling how many and which possible answers a computer program keeps during a search
How Widespread
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Population shares the root popul- 'people' and is related to the verb populate, which means 'to fill with people or living things'. So in this sense, population can mean the process of causing people or life to settle in a place.