Plural of population
regular plural
The plural of population is populations.
Forms of population
| Singular | population /ˌpɒp.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | populations |
| Countable | countable |
Populations in a sentence
- A seasonal migration annually changes the populations in two or more biotopes drastically, many twice in opposite senses.
- Within and among populations of grindelias, some morphologic traits appear to vary more from plant to plant than in most genera of composites.2006, Flora of North America, North of Mexico
- The two populations must learn to live with each other on equal terms.From the entry on equal terms
- There have been calls for research into the pesticides that are blamed for the decline in bee populations.From the entry into
- The often-found stenophagy in local populations of euryphagous species may indicate the emergence of stenophagous forms from euryphagous ones.From the entry stenophagy
Meaning of population
- noun The people living within a political or geographical boundary.
- noun The people with a given characteristic.
- noun A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.
Questions about the plural of population
- What is the plural of population?
- The plural of population is populations.
- Is population countable?
- Population is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: population (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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