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overpopulate
o·ver·pop·u·late O0188200 (ō′vər-pŏp′yə-lāt′)v. o·ver·pop·u·lat·ed, o·ver·pop·u·lat·ing, o·ver·pop·u·lates v.tr. To fill (an area, for example) with excessive population to the detriment of the inhabitants, resources, or environment.v.intr. To breed to excess: wild animals that overpopulated and then starved.overpopulate (ˌəʊvəˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt) vb (tr) (Biology) to populate (a place) excessivelyo•ver•pop•u•late (ˌoʊ vərˈpɒp yəˌleɪt)
v.t. -lat•ed, -lat•ing. to fill with too many people, straining available resources and facilities. [1865] overpopulate
Past participle: overpopulated
Gerund: overpopulating
| Imperative |
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| overpopulate | | overpopulate |
| Present |
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| I overpopulate | | you overpopulate | | he/she/it overpopulates | | we overpopulate | | you overpopulate | | they overpopulate |
| Preterite |
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| I overpopulated | | you overpopulated | | he/she/it overpopulated | | we overpopulated | | you overpopulated | | they overpopulated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am overpopulating | | you are overpopulating | | he/she/it is overpopulating | | we are overpopulating | | you are overpopulating | | they are overpopulating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have overpopulated | | you have overpopulated | | he/she/it has overpopulated | | we have overpopulated | | you have overpopulated | | they have overpopulated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was overpopulating | | you were overpopulating | | he/she/it was overpopulating | | we were overpopulating | | you were overpopulating | | they were overpopulating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had overpopulated | | you had overpopulated | | he/she/it had overpopulated | | we had overpopulated | | you had overpopulated | | they had overpopulated |
| Future |
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| I will overpopulate | | you will overpopulate | | he/she/it will overpopulate | | we will overpopulate | | you will overpopulate | | they will overpopulate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have overpopulated | | you will have overpopulated | | he/she/it will have overpopulated | | we will have overpopulated | | you will have overpopulated | | they will have overpopulated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be overpopulating | | you will be overpopulating | | he/she/it will be overpopulating | | we will be overpopulating | | you will be overpopulating | | they will be overpopulating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been overpopulating | | you have been overpopulating | | he/she/it has been overpopulating | | we have been overpopulating | | you have been overpopulating | | they have been overpopulating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been overpopulating | | you will have been overpopulating | | he/she/it will have been overpopulating | | we will have been overpopulating | | you will have been overpopulating | | they will have been overpopulating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been overpopulating | | you had been overpopulating | | he/she/it had been overpopulating | | we had been overpopulating | | you had been overpopulating | | they had been overpopulating |
| Conditional |
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| I would overpopulate | | you would overpopulate | | he/she/it would overpopulate | | we would overpopulate | | you would overpopulate | | they would overpopulate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have overpopulated | | you would have overpopulated | | he/she/it would have overpopulated | | we would have overpopulated | | you would have overpopulated | | they would have overpopulated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | overpopulate - cause to have too great a population; "Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated"inhabit, live, populate, dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" |
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