populations
USpop-yuh-LAY-shuhnz/ˌpɑ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃənz/UKpop-yuu-LAY-shuhnz/ˌpɒp.jʊˈleɪ.ʃənz/
- 1Plural of population. Use this when talking about more than one group of people or animals.
The two towns had very different populations.
Scientists studied the fish populations in three nearby lakes.
Note
populations is a form of population
population, noun: All the people who live in a place, or how many people live there. Full entry
- Forms
- populationpopulations plural
- Spelling
- population → populations: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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