"populate" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpɒp.jʊˌleɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑ.pjəˌleɪt/ [Canada, General-American], /ˈpɔp.jəˌlæɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-populate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more populate [comparative], most populate [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populor (“populate”), from Latin populus (“people”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|populātus}} Medieval Latin populātus, {{m|la|populor||populate}} populor (“populate”), {{der|en|la|populus||people}} Latin populus (“people”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} populate (comparative more populate, superlative most populate)
  1. (obsolete) populous Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-populate-en-adj-qSpQOMiz

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈpɒp.jʊˌleɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑ.pjəˌleɪt/ [Canada, General-American], /ˈpɔp.jəˌlæɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-populate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: populates [present, singular, third-person], populating [participle, present], populated [participle, past], populated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populor (“populate”), from Latin populus (“people”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ML.|populātus}} Medieval Latin populātus, {{m|la|populor||populate}} populor (“populate”), {{der|en|la|populus||people}} Latin populus (“people”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} populate (third-person singular simple present populates, present participle populating, simple past and past participle populated)
  1. (transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people. Tags: transitive Translations (to supply with inhabitants): заселвам (zaselvam) (Bulgarian), poblar (Catalan), peupler (French), besiedeln (German), benépesít (Hungarian), betelepít (Hungarian), populizar (Ido), memperpenduduk (Malay), udjaza (Ngazidja Comorian), ودانول (wadānawəl) (Pashto), zaludniać [imperfective] (Polish), zaludnić [perfective] (Polish), povoar (Portuguese), popula (Romanian), заселять (zaseljatʹ) (Russian), poblar (Spanish), заселя́ти (zaseljáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), засели́ти (zaselýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), населя́ти (naseljáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), насели́ти (naselýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), poblogi (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-populate-en-verb-en:supply_with_inhabitants Disambiguation of 'to supply with inhabitants': 87 3 1 3 5
  2. (transitive) To live in; to inhabit. Tags: transitive Translations (to live in): населявам (naseljavam) (Bulgarian), befolke (Danish), bevolken (Dutch), peupler (French), besiedeln (German), bevölkern (German), lakik (Hungarian), belakik (Hungarian), populizar (Ido), diami (Malay), سکناگزیدن (Persian), zaludniać [imperfective] (Polish), zaludnić [perfective] (Polish), населя́ть (naseljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), населя́ти (naseljáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-populate-en-verb-en:inhabit Disambiguation of 'to live in': 2 88 5 4 2
  3. (intransitive) To increase in number; to breed. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-populate-en-verb-ZPtEcgTa
  4. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To fill initially empty items in a collection. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-populate-en-verb-v0ynOU3i Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  5. (electronics) To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar. Categories (topical): Electronics Translations (to fill slots or sockets): bestücken (German)
    Sense id: en-populate-en-verb-p4TfEIdJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 25 4 4 26 38 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'to fill slots or sockets': 5 4 1 33 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: people, popular, population, populous Translations (to fill a list): попълвам (popǎlvam) (Bulgarian), remplir (French), füllen (German), feltölt (Hungarian), kitölt (Hungarian), megtölt (Hungarian), feltöltődik (english: to become populated) (Hungarian), megtelik (Hungarian), اسکاندن (Persian), سکنادن (Persian), заполнить (zapolnitʹ) (Russian), запо́внювати (zapóvnjuvaty) (Ukrainian)
Derived forms: populatable, populated [adjective], populator, autopopulate, depopulate, outpopulate, overpopulate, prepopulate, repopulate, underpopulate, unpopulate Disambiguation of 'to fill a list': 2 6 2 47 44

Verb [Latin]

Forms: populāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|participle form|head=populāte}} populāte
  1. vocative masculine singular of populātus Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, singular, vocative Form of: populātus
    Sense id: en-populate-la-verb-~5D0EbKT Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a. 1626, Francis Bacon, Bacon Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, “Notes of a Speech, concerning a War with Spaine”, in Letters, Memoirs, Parliamentary Affairs, State Papers, &c., London: Robert Stephens, published 1736, page 228",
          "text": "Now, a famous King, and ſtrengthened with a Prince of ſingular expectation, and in the prime of his years, owner of the entire Iſle of Britain, enjoying Ireland populate and quiet, and infinitely more ſupported by Confederates of the Low-Countries, Denmarke, divers of the Princes of Germany and others.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "populous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "populous",
          "populous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) populous"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɒp.jʊˌleɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɑ.pjəˌleɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɔp.jəˌlæɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-populate.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-populate.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-populate.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-populate.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-populate.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "populate"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "populāte",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "participle form",
        "head": "populāte"
      },
      "expansion": "populāte",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin participle forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "populātus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vocative masculine singular of populātus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "populātus",
          "populatus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "populate"
}

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