Population

[pɒpjʊ'leɪʃ(ə)n] or [,pɑpju'leʃən]

Definition

(noun.) the act of populating (causing to live in a place); 'he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals'.

(noun.) (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; 'it is an estimate of the mean of the population'.

(noun.) a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area; 'they hired hunters to keep down the deer population'.

(noun.) the people who inhabit a territory or state; 'the population seemed to be well fed and clothed'.

(noun.) 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.); 'people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade'; 'the African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing'.

Edited by Everett--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.

(n.) The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions.

Typist: Vance

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Inhabitants, persons, number of people.

Typist: Preston

Examples

Typist: Marvin

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