popu|lar|ly /pɒ pjʊlə r li/
1 ADV If something or someone is popularly known as something, most people call them that, although it is not their official name or title. □ …the Mesozoic era, more popularly known as the age of dinosaurs. □ …an infection popularly called mad cow disease.
2 ADV [ADV -ed] If something is popularly believed or supposed to be the case, most people believe or suppose it to be the case, although it may not be true. □ Schizophrenia is not a 'split mind' as is popularly believed.
3 ADV [ADV -ed] A popularly elected leader or government has been elected by a majority of the people in a country. □ He was the country's first popularly elected President.
popu|late /pɒ pjʊle I t/ (populates , populating , populated )
1 VERB If an area is populated by certain people or animals, those people or animals live there, often in large numbers. □ [be V -ed] Before all this the island was populated by native American Arawaks. □ [V n] …native Sindhis, who populate the surrounding villages. ● popu|lat|ed ADJ [adv ADJ ] □ The southeast is the most densely populated area. ● -populated COMB □ …to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas under threat of attack.
2 VERB To populate an area means to cause people to live there. □ [V n + with ] Successive regimes annexed the region and populated it with lowland people. [Also V n]
popu|la|tion ◆◆◇ /pɒ pjʊle I ʃ ə n/ (populations )
1 N‑COUNT The population of a country or area is all the people who live in it. □ [+ of ] Bangladesh now has a population of about 110 million. □ …the annual rate of population growth.
2 N‑COUNT If you refer to a particular type of population in a country or area, you are referring to all the people or animals of that type there. [FORMAL ] □ …75.6 per cent of the male population over sixteen. □ …the elephant populations of Tanzania and Kenya. COLLOCATIONS population NOUN
1
adjective + population : general, local, total
verb + population : control, feed, support
2
noun + population : bee, elephant, fish; civilian, immigrant, prison, student
adjective + population : adult, black, indigenous, male; ageing, declining, growing, working; Jewish, Muslim
pop|ulism /pɒ pjʊl I zəm/ N‑UNCOUNT Populism refers to political activities or ideas that claim to promote the interests and opinions of ordinary people. [FORMAL ] □ …a wave of populism.
popu|list /pɒ pʊl I st/ (populists ) ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe a politician or an artist as populist , you mean that they claim to care about the interests and opinions of ordinary people rather than those of a small group. [FORMAL ] □ The changes on gas have been forced on the populist President by several factors. ● N‑COUNT A populist is someone who expresses populist views.
popu|lous /pɒ pjʊləs/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A populous country or area has a lot of people living in it. [FORMAL ] □ Indonesia, with 216 million people, is the fourth most populous country in the world.
po p-up
1 ADJ [ADJ n] A pop-up book, usually a children's book, has pictures that stand up when you open the pages.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] A pop-up toaster has a mechanism that pushes slices of bread up when they are toasted.
3 ADJ [ADJ n] On a computer screen, a pop-up menu or advertisement is a small window containing a menu or advertisement that appears on the screen when you perform a particular operation. [COMPUTING ] □ …a program for stopping pop-up ads.
4 ADJ [ADJ n] A pop-up shop, restaurant or gallery opens only for a short time and is intended to be temporary. □ There's a pop-up gallery where the café used to be.
porce|lain /pɔː r səl I n/ (porcelains )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Porcelain is a hard, shiny substance made by heating clay. It is used to make delicate cups, plates, and ornaments. □ …tall white porcelain vases.
2 N‑VAR A porcelain is an ornament that is made of porcelain. You can refer to a number of such ornaments as porcelain . □ …a priceless collection of English porcelain.
porch /pɔː r tʃ/ (porches )
1 N‑COUNT A porch is a sheltered area at the entrance to a building. It has a roof and sometimes has walls.
2 N‑COUNT A porch is a raised platform built along the outside wall of a house and often covered with a roof. [AM ] in BRIT, usually use veranda
por|cu|pine /pɔː r kjʊpa I n/ (porcupines ) N‑COUNT A porcupine is an animal with many long, thin, sharp spikes on its back that stick out as protection when it is attacked.
pore /pɔː r / (pores , poring , pored )
1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Your pores are the tiny holes in your skin. □ The size of your pores is determined by the amount of oil they produce.
2 N‑COUNT [usu pl] The pores of a plant are the tiny holes on its surface. □ A plant's lungs are the microscopic pores in its leaves.
3 VERB If you pore over or through information, you look at it and study it very carefully. □ [V + over/through ] We spent hours poring over travel brochures.
4 PHRASE You can say that someone has a certain quality or emotion coming from every pore to emphasize the strength of that quality or emotion. [EMPHASIS ] □ She oozes sexuality from every pore.
pork /pɔː r k/ N‑UNCOUNT Pork is meat from a pig, usually fresh and not smoked or salted. □ …fried pork chops. □ …a packet of pork sausages.