Definitions for populate

populate pop·u·late

Spelling: [pop-yuh-leyt]
IPA: /ˈpɒp yəˌleɪt/

Populate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 232 anagrams from letters in populate (aelopptu).

Definitions for populate

verb (used with object)

  1. to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
  2. to furnish with inhabitants, as by colonization; people.

Origin of populate

1570-80; Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populāre to inhabit. See people, -ate1

Examples for populate

And this is our life—to pursue the Type, to populate the world with it.

We have to populate the earth, and to carry the blessings of our Kultur all over the world.

The SUVs, coupes, and sedans that populate dealer showrooms are much greener than their antecedents.

There, abandoned “ghost towns” populate the prairie fields and deserts, serving as a reminder of a not-so-distant past.

For the truly massive companies that populate the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the percentage is even higher.

Arabs populate the land and are clamorous in their demands for coins from travelers.

The Quaker baby, and the lady "with whom you might give an assembly or populate a parish," are instances in point.

If few or no results are found for a query, results from Bing, Microsoft's search engine, will populate the page.

This certainly is a new method to populate our colonies with capitalists.

Her Facebook photos could populate a tame “girls with guns” style calendar.

Word Value for populate
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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