repopulation
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4.5
- noun
- /ˌriːpɒpjuˈleɪʃən/
:
reintroducción
- Scientists are excited about the repopulation of the once-endangered species in the protected national park.
Examples
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After the wildfire, the repopulation of the affected areas with native plants began to help restore the ecosystem.
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The conservation team is planning a repopulation project to restore the local deer population after years of decline.
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And this was through a combination of repopulation and gradual assimilation of the local population.
Academic text (2010) -
This is important in order to address the potential for repopulation of the treated biosolids by pathogenic bacteria.
Academic text (1999) -
Nineveh was abandoned after these events, squatters returning occasionally without further repopulation or construction (Oates 181-82).
Academic text (2018) -
His subject today was the response to the Troubles: the slow repopulation of the Earth by humans and the reintroduction of hundreds of extinct animal species whose DNA had fortunately been preserved for low-gravity study on Luna.
Fiction book (2000) -
The eagle also represents Minnesota's successful repopulation efforts of the stately national symbol, reflected in the largest concentration of eagles in the lower 48, situated along three sections of the Mississippi River in southern Minnesota during winter months.
Academic text (2003) -
From speakers' perspective, the main thrust of the eight hundred years following the Muslim conquest of the early eighth century was one of intermittent war and regaining of territory, followed time and again by repopulation and cultivation of newly conquered land as a means of establishing firm control.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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2.7
The act of people or animals moving to and living in a place
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3.9
Moving people to a new place to live after they are forced to leave their homes
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4.1
Bringing something or someone back after a time away
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4.6
Making something exist or work again after it stopped
The return and growth of animals or plants in a place where they were lost
Antonyms
How Populated
Surface Forms
Morphology
repopulation = repopulate (transparent) = re + populate + ion
This is a regular noun formation from the verb 'repopulate', meaning the act or process of doing it again.
Etymology
Repopulation comes from re- 'again' and population, which comes from a root meaning 'people'. So, repopulation is the act of putting people or animals back into a place that was empty.