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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 overcrowding word
- noun overcrowding Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable. 1
- noun overcrowding excess of people in one place 1
- uncountable noun overcrowding If there is a problem of overcrowding, there are more people living in a place than it was designed for. 0
- noun overcrowding a state of being filled with more people or things than is desirable; congestion 0
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Origin of overcrowding
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 Overcrowding
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
overcrowding 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.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
Synonyms for overcrowding
noun overcrowding
- congestion — If there is congestion in a place, the place is extremely crowded and blocked with traffic or people.
- overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- excess — An amount of something that is more than necessary, permitted, or desirable.
- blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
- bottleneck — A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
verb overcrowding
- 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.
- overcrowd — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- 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.
Antonyms for overcrowding
noun overcrowding
- lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
- necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- need — a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation: There is no need for you to go there.
- want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- opening — an open or clear space.
verb overcrowding
- 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.
Top questions with overcrowding
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