population

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˌpɑ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/ UK /ˌpɒp.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #3620

Meanings

1

noun
The number of people living in a place.

The town's population is only 243.
2

noun
All the people living in a particular area.

Most of the population lives near the coast.
3

noun
A group of animals or plants of the same kind in an area.

They hired hunters to control the deer population.
4

noun
In statistics, the whole set of items from which a sample is taken.

The sample mean is an estimate of the population mean.

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Synonyms

4 noun · in statistics, the whole... universe

Word family

Forms populations

Derived forms populationalpopulationallypopulationismpopulationless

Related forms popular populate populous

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Simplified etymology

Population, recorded from the mid-16th century, ultimately derives from Latin populus “the people” or “populace.” It belongs to the same family as people, populace, and popular.

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin populatio (“a people, multitude”), as if a noun of action from Classical Latin populus, equivalent to populate + -ion. Doublet of poblacion.

populus itc-ola

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Topics

People & Society Biology & Genetics

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# population

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌpɑ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌpɒp.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 3620

## Meanings
1. The number of people living in a place.
2. All the people living in a particular area.
3. A group of animals or plants of the same kind in an area.
4. In statistics, the whole set of items from which a sample is taken.

## Examples
- The town's population is only 243.
- Most of the population lives near the coast.
- They hired hunters to control the deer population.
- The sample mean is an estimate of the population mean.

## Derived Forms
- populational
- populationally
- populationism
- populationless

## Related Forms
- popular
- populate
- populous

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: populus

## Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin populatio (“a people, multitude”), as if a noun of action from Classical Latin populus, equivalent to populate + -ion. Doublet of poblacion.

## AI Etymology
Population was borrowed from Late Latin populatio (“a people, multitude”), as if a noun of action from Classical Latin populus, equivalent to populate + -ion. Doublet of poblacion. The historical chain includes populus (Latin). In present-day English it covers the number of people living in a place, all the people living in a particular area, and a group of animals or plants of the same kind in an area. The wider family includes derived forms such as populational, populationally, populationism, populationless and related forms such as popular, populate, populous.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Biology & Genetics

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