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Meantolearn Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

populated

Hi,

"Please wait while the list is being populated."

1. What does 'populated' mean?
2. Is it a common usage?

Thanks,
  

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If you think of people as "populating a city" it means they are filling it with members. If you "populate a list" you complete it with the things that need to be on the list. A computer may populate something with randomly generated numbers.

— BarbaraPA

  • If you think of people as "populating a city" it means they are filling it with members.
  • If you "populate a list" you complete it with the things that need to be on the list.
  • A computer may populate something with randomly generated numbers.
  • If you are going to perform a survey, you may populate the list of people you are going to call with random selections from your entire list of customers.
  • It's common within certain applications.
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If you think of people as "populating a city" it means they are filling it with members.

If you "populate a list" you complete it with the things that need to be on the list.

A computer may populate something with randomly generated numbers.

If you are going to perform a survey, you may populate the list of people you are going to call with random selections from your en
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Hi, GG.

"I don't populate my shopping list."

Well, imagine..... Emotion: thinking

Thanks for the reply. I got it.
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