populateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈpɒp.jə.leɪt/us/ˈpɑː.pjə.leɪt/C1 If an area is populated by people or animals, they live in that area:
The inner cities are no longer densely populated.
The river is populated mainly by smaller species of fish.
to live in an area or place:
The settlers began to move inland and populate the river valleys.
specialized computing to automatically add information to a list or table on a computer:
There are several ways to populate the database.
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adjective uk/ˈpɒp.jə.leɪ.tɪd//ˈpɑː.pjə.leɪ.t̬ɪd/
the risk of bombs falling on populated areas