OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 11767

population

/ˌpɒp.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
población
The people living within a political or geographical boundary.
The population of New Jersey will not stand for this!
“Panicology” considers the evidence on both sides of a large number of worries that have beset the industrialized world in modern times, including the “population crisis” (now one…
población
A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.
[…]it is possible it [the Anglo-Saxon race] might stand second to the Scandinavian countries [in average height] if a fair sample of their population were obtained.
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