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English noun: population

1. population (group) the people who inhabit a territory or state


SamplesThe population seemed to be well fed and clothed.


Broader (hypernym)people


Narrower (hyponym)home front

2. population (group) a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area


SamplesThey hired hunters to keep down the deer population.


Broader (hypernym)group, grouping


Narrower (hyponym)overpopulation

3. population (cognition) (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn


SamplesIt is an estimate of the mean of the population.


Synonymsuniverse


Broader (hypernym)accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection


Narrower (hyponym)subpopulation


Domain categorystatistics

4. population (quantity) the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)


SamplesPeople come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade.
The African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing.


Broader (hypernym)integer, whole number

5. population (act) the act of populating (causing to live in a place)


SamplesHe deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals.


Broader (hypernym)colonisation, colonization, settlement









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