word
Population
Pah-pyuh-LAY-shuhn
/ˌpɑːpjʌˈleɪʃʌn/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
population
Dictionary meaning
The act of populating - causing to live in a place.
Examples
- You deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals.
- It is an estimate of the mean of the population.
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