{
    "term": "population",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "all the people who live in a particular area, city or country; the total number of people who live there",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "One third of the world’s population consumes/consume two thirds of the world’s resources."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country has a **total population** of 65 million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **entire population** of the town was at the meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "countries with ageing populations"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Muslims make up 55 per cent of the population."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an increase in population"
                },
                {
                    "text": "areas of **dense/sparse population** *(= where many/not many people live)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The population is increasing at about 6 per cent per year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The general population was/were against the measures."
                },
                {
                    "text": "population growth/density"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Japan has a population of nearly 130 million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "India's population growth rate has been more than twice that of China's."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No reliable population estimates exist."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The population now stands at about 4 million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The population fluctuated between 16 000 and 31 000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The majority of the population live in these two towns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These farmers are relatively poor when compared with the rest of the population."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rapid growth of population led to an acute shortage of housing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "huge population shifts within metropolitan regions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "major population centres along the coast"
                },
                {
                    "text": "research in matters of sexual health and population control"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the population boom which followed World War Two"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Agriculture employs 20 per cent of the country's total population."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A growing segment of the population is interested in organic products."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country is relatively large, measured by population size."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a population decline/​explosion"
                },
                {
                    "text": "demands on the health services from an ageing population"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They claim that GM crops will feed our growing population."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dense", "large", "small"],
                "population + verb": [
                    "be something",
                    "stand at something",
                    "reach something"
                ],
                "population + noun": ["levels", "size", "density"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a decline in population",
                    "an increase in population",
                    "the growth of population"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a particular group of people or animals living in a particular area",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **adult/student/working population**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **rural/urban population**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The disease is relatively uncommon in the **general population**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **prison population** *(= the number of people in prison)* is continuing to rise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **civilian population** has/have been badly affected by the war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Oil spillages are disastrous for fish populations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the growing Hispanic population in the United States"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of the economically active population is employed in the primary industries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The estuary is home to the largest breeding population of birds in Australia."
                },
                {
                    "text": "natural populations of plants and animals"
                },
                {
                    "text": "62 per cent of the entire student population qualified for financial assistance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This land is sacred to the indigenous population."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She promised to improve conditions for the local population."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The policies are aimed at protecting wild cheetah populations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Poverty is increasing among the urban population."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The spray is effective in reducing populations of some perennial weeds."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dense", "large", "small"],
                "population + verb": [
                    "be something",
                    "stand at something",
                    "reach something"
                ],
                "population + noun": ["levels", "size", "density"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a decline in population",
                    "an increase in population",
                    "the growth of population"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a collection of items being statistically analysed",
            "labels": "(statistics)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When populations are small, random events can lead them to behave atypically."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌpɒpjuˈleɪʃn/",
                "audio": "po/population/population__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌpɑːpjuˈleɪʃn/",
                "audio": "po/population/population__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (denoting an inhabited place): from late Latin populatio(n-), from the verb populare, from populus ‘people’."
}