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overcrowded en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Meanings
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(form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of overcrowd
overcrowded en · ADJ · etymology 2
Pronunciation
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
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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
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)