NOUN | group | population | the people who inhabit a territory or state |
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group | population | a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area | |
cognition | population, universe | (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn | |
quantity | population | the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.) | |
act | population | the act of populating (causing to live in a place) |
Sounds | paa.pyahley'shahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | The people who inhabit a territory or state. | |
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Example | "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed" | |
Narrower | home front | The civilian population (and their activities) of a country at war |
Broader | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
Verbs | populate | inhabit or live in |
Meaning | A group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area. | |
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Example | "they hired hunters to keep down the deer population" | |
Narrower | overpopulation | Too much population |
Broader | group, grouping | Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit |
Spanish | población | |
Catalan | població |
Meaning | (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn. | |
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Example | "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" | |
Synonym | universe | |
Category | statistics | A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
Narrower | subpopulation | A population that is part of a larger / larger population |
Broader | collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage | Several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
Spanish | población, universo | |
Catalan | univers |
Meaning | The number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.). | |
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Broader | integer, whole number | Any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero |
Meaning | The act of populating (causing to live in a place). | |
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Example | "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals" | |
Broader | colonization, colonisation, settlement | The act of colonizing |
Spanish | población, poblamiento | |
Catalan | poblament | |
Verbs | populate | fill with inhabitants |
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