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populate

/ˈpɒpjuleɪt/verb

उच्चारण पॉप्युलेट

(किसी क्षेत्र में) बसना, आबाद करना

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verb
  1. 1

    [T] often passive

    to live in an area and form its population

    (किसी क्षेत्र में) बसना, आबाद करना

    • Bihar is one of the most densely populated states in India.
    • The forest is populated by many rare birds.
  2. 2

    [T]

    to move people or animals to an area to live there

    (लोगों को) बसाना

    • The island was populated by settlers from the mainland.
  3. 3

    [T] computing

    to add data to a document or database

    (डेटा) भरना

    • The form is populated automatically with your details.
◇Word family
population nounpopulated adjectivepopulous adjective
?Which word?

Do not confuse populate (a verb, to live in a place) and populous (an adjective, having many people).

Populate (verb, किसी जगह बसना) और populous (adjective, अधिक आबादी वाला) में confuse न करें।