population
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1. the act of populating (causing to live in a place) (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | colonisation, colonization, settlement, |
| definition | : | the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies (noun.act) |
2. (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection, |
| definition | : | several things grouped together or considered as a whole (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | subpopulation, |
| definition | : | a population that is part of a larger population (noun.cognition) |
| domain category | : | statistics, |
| definition | : | a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters (noun.cognition) |
3. a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | overpopulation, |
| definition | : | too much population (noun.group) |
4. the people who inhabit a territory or state (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | people, |
| definition | : | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | home front, |
| definition | : | the civilian population (and their activities) of a country at war (noun.group) |
5. 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.) (noun.quantity)
| hypernym | : | integer, whole number, |
| definition | : | any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero (noun.quantity) |
6. the act of populating (causing to live in a place) (noun.act)
| derivation | : | populate, |
| definition | : | fill with inhabitants (verb.change) |
7. the people who inhabit a territory or state (noun.group)
8. the act of populating (causing to live in a place) (noun.act)
| derivation | : | populate, |
| definition | : | fill with inhabitants (verb.change) |
9. the people who inhabit a territory or state (noun.group)
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