Transcription
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- [oh-ver-kroud]
- /ˌoʊ vərˈkraʊd/
- /ˌəʊ.vəˈkraʊ.dɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [oh-ver-kroud]
- /ˌoʊ vərˈkraʊd/
Definitions of overcrowd word
- noun overcrowd Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable. 1
- transitive verb overcrowd fill with too many people 1
- verb overcrowd to fill (a room, vehicle, city, etc) with more people or things than is desirable 0
- verb transitive overcrowd to crowd with too many people or things 0
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Origin of overcrowd
First appearance:
before 1760 One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1760-70; over- + crowd1
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Parts of speech for Overcrowd
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
overcrowd popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for overcrowd
verb overcrowd
- crowd — A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.
- load — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- pack — a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- ram — random-access memory; computer memory available to the user for creating, loading, or running programs and for the temporary storage and manipulation of data, in which time of access to each item is independent of the storage sequence. As a storage medium, RAM is volatile, so its contents are lost when the power fails or is turned off.
- shove — to move along by force from behind; push.
Antonyms for overcrowd
verb overcrowd
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- diet — the legislative body of certain countries, as Japan.
- fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- nibble — to bite off small bits.
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