population
/ˌpɒp.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/
The people living within a political or geographical boundary; The people with a given characteristic; A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world
- plural
- populations
Meanings
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The people living within a political or geographical boundary
The country has a large population.
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The population of the city is about 100,000.
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The people with a given characteristic
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A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world
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A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.; The number of living cells in a patternrare
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A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given arearare
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A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawnrare
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The act of filling initially empty items in a collectionrare
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General populationrare