populate — ozdic

Definitions

verb

1

To supply with inhabitants; to people.

2

To live in; to inhabit.

3

To increase in number; to breed.

4

To fill initially empty items in a collection.

John clicked the Search button and waited for the list to populate.

Clicking the refresh button will populate the grid.

5

To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.

adj

1

populous

Now, a famous King, and ſtrengthened with a Prince of ſingular expectation, and in the prime of his years, owner of the entire Iſle of Britain, enjoying Ireland populate and quiet, and infinitely more ſupported by Confederates of the Low-Countries, Denmarke, divers of the Princes of Germany and others.

Collocations

5

ADJ.

other, outer, quiet

VERB + POPULATE

enjoying, lays, list, refresh

POPULATE + NOUN

corpus, grid, nest, planets, space, town

PREP.

with

ADV.

eventually, ultimately

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — be an inhabitant of or reside in

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

John clicked the Search button and waited for the list to populate.

Wiktionary

02

Clicking the refresh button will populate the grid.

Wiktionary

03

Now, a famous King, and ſtrengthened with a Prince of ſingular expectation, and in the prime of his years, owner of the entire Iſle of Britain, enjoying Ireland populate and quiet, and infinitely more

Wiktionary

04

Were we to populate the corpus with unnatural sentences or inaccurate translations, this resource wouldn't be of much use, now would it?

Tatoeba · #883152

05

If we humans want to survive for hundreds of thousands of millions of years, we must ultimately populate other planets.

Tatoeba · #8717093

06

If humans eventually populate outer space, and it is very iffy, what kind of society will they want?

Tatoeba · #10570993

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, populate is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.