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overcrowded en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of overcrowd
    form of overcrowd

overcrowded en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

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 crowded English overcrowded From over- + crowded.

Meanings

  1. Containing too many occupants for an area of its size.
    • I've spent hours on overcrowded trains, and time on ones which were almost empty, because the recovery [from COVID] has been uneven. 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 79:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more overcrowded Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most overcrowded Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

overcrowdedly · overcrowdedness

Translations (21)

fr surchargé (Containing too many occupants) · de überfüllt (Containing too many occupants) · sh пренапучен (Containing too many occupants) · pt sobrelotado (Containing too many occupants) · pt superlotado (Containing too many occupants) · pl stłoczony (Containing too many occupants) · fr surfréquenté (Containing too many occupants) · ca superpoblat (Containing too many occupants) · mi whakaapiapi (Containing too many occupants) · nb overfylt (Containing too many occupants) · pl zatłoczony (Containing too many occupants) · fr surpeuplé (Containing too many occupants) · pl przeludniony (Containing too many occupants) · nn overfylt (Containing too many occupants) · pl przepełniony (Containing too many occupants) · hu túlzsúfolt (Containing too many occupants) · fr bondé (Containing too many occupants) · es demasiado amuchado (Containing too many occupants) · sh prenapučen (Containing too many occupants) · ca massificat (Containing too many occupants) · ru перепо́лненный (Containing too many occupants)