populate
IPA: pˈɑpjʌɫeɪt
verb
- (transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people.
- (transitive) To live in; to inhabit.
- (intransitive) To increase in number; to breed.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To fill initially empty items in a collection.
- (electronics) To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.
adjective
- (obsolete) populous
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Examples of "populate" in Sentences
- The city is highly populated.
- The category is populated arbitrarily.