overpopulate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Germanic *uber

Old English ofer-

Middle English over-

English over-

English populate

English overpopulate

From over- + populate.

Pronunciation

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Verb

overpopulate (third-person singular simple present overpopulates, present participle overpopulating, simple past and past participle overpopulated)

1. To fill with too many individuals; to exceed the capacity of a region to contain the population.

Related terms

• overpopulation

Translations

fill with too many individuals

• French: surpeupler (fr)
• Hungarian: túlnépesít (hu)
• Spanish: sobrepoblar