Definition of populate - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
geographysupply an area with inhabitants
- The settlers populated the new land.
2.
residelive in or inhabit a place
- Many species populate the rainforest.
3.
data entryTECH. US enter data into a computer systemTECH. US
- The programmer needed to populate the database with new entries..
4.
technologyTECH. fill slots on a circuit boardTECH.
- Technicians populated the board with components.
Origin of populate
Latin, populus (people)
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Examples of populate in a sentence
Efforts to populate the region were met with challenges. Few people populate the remote island. These wetlands populate with birds each winter. She was asked to populate the spreadsheet with the latest figures. The team worked overnight to populate the system with the required data. Engineers will populate the circuit with new chips.
The team needs to populate the board before testing.
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- French:peupler, remplir, ...
- German:bevölkern, bewohnen, ...
- Italian:popolare, abitare, ...
- Spanish:poblar, habitar, ...
- Portuguese:povoar, preencher, ...
- Chinese:移民, 栖息于, ...
- Japanese:住民を供給する, 生息する, ...
- Arabic:عَمَّرَ المِنْطَقَة, سَكَنَ, ...
- Hebrew:לְאַכְלֵס, לְשַׁכֵּן, ...
- Russian:заселять, обитать, ...
- Ukrainian:заселяти, заповнити, ...
- Hindi:बसाना, निवास करना, ...
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