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pop‧u‧la‧tion /ˌpɒpjəˈleɪʃən, ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən $ ˌpɑː-/ noun
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Synonyms & Related Wordspopulation[noun]Synonyms: inhabitants, community, denizens, folk, natives, people, residents, society
English Thesaurus: people, folk, the public, population, the human race, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionarypop‧u‧la‧tion S2 W1 /ˌpɒpjəˈleɪʃ
ən, ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃ
ən $ ˌpɑː-/
noun [
Word Family: adjective: populated ≠
UNPOPULATED,
populous;
verb:
populate;
noun:
population]
1. [countable] the number of people living in a particular area, country etc
population of
India has a population of more than one billion.
Nearly 70 percent of the population still live in the countryside,2. [countable usually singular] all of the people who live in a particular area:
Most of the world’s population doesn’t get enough to eat.white/French/urban etc population (=part of the group of people who live in a particular area who are white, French etc)
South Florida has a large Jewish population.3. centre of population/population centre a city, town etc:
Cromer is the main centre of population in this area. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationspopulation noun ADJ. large | small, sparse | overall, total The country has a total population of 65 million.
global, local, national, world | indigenous, native | adult, ageing, elderly, young, youthful | female, male | black, white | active, working Most of the economically active population is employed in the primary industries.
student | civil, civilian | prison, school | rural, urban | general The general population was in favour of the National Health Service. POPULATION + VERB be sth, stand at sth The population now stands at about 4 million.
reach sth | exceed sth | double, grow, increase, rise | decline, decrease, fall | consist of sth | live The majority of the population live in these two towns. POPULATION + NOUN levels, size | density | data, estimate, figures, projections, trends No reliable population estimates exist.
growth, increase | decline, loss | ageing | explosion | census | centre major population centres along the coast PHRASES a decline/an increase in population, the growth of population The rapid growth of population led to an acute shortage of housing.
per head of population The income per head of population was under £
1,000 per annum. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
Thesauruspeople people in general:
Most people know that smoking causes lung cancer.
People are the same everywhere.folk informal people:
Louisa's parents were country folk and believed very much in herbal remedies.
They looked like two ordinary folk.
There are still folk around here who remember the old days.the public ordinary people, not people who belong to the government or are members of a particular company or organization:
This information should be made available to the public.population all the people who live in a particular area:
The majority of the population were farmers.
The city has a population of 11 million.the human race all the people in the world, considered as a group:
the origins of the human racemankind (
also humankind) people in general – used especially when talking about their history or development, or how something affects their existence. Some people think that the word
mankind seems to make women seem unimportant, and prefer to use
humankind instead:
Travelling into space was a great advance for mankind.populace formal the people who live in a country – a very formal use:
It is a country where 80% of the populace live in poverty. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲