Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

repopulate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables
re-pop-u-late
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To populate again; to breed among a group in order to keep the population up.

verb

To reintroduce a species into (an area).

Transitive verb

verb

To fill with data again; to refresh.

Example Sentences

  • "to repopulate a grid"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English populate English repopulate From re- + populate.

Usage

Inflected Forms

repopulates (present, singular) repopulating (participle, present) repopulated (participle, past) repopulated (past)

Derived Forms

repopulation repopulator

Questions

What does repopulate mean?
To populate again; to breed among a group in order to keep the population up.
Where does repopulate come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English populate English repopulate From re- + populate.

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