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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONGEST

From Latin congestus pressed together, from congerere to assemble.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONGEST

congest  [kənˈdʒɛst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONGEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Congest is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb congest in English.

WHAT DOES CONGEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of congest in the English dictionary

The first definition of congest in the dictionary is to crowd or become crowded to excess; overfill. Other definition of congest is to overload or clog with blood or to become overloaded or clogged with blood. Congest is also to block with mucus.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONGEST

PRESENT

Present
I congest
you congest
he/she/it congests
we congest
you congest
they congest
Present continuous
I am congesting
you are congesting
he/she/it is congesting
we are congesting
you are congesting
they are congesting
Present perfect
I have congested
you have congested
he/she/it has congested
we have congested
you have congested
they have congested
Present perfect continuous
I have been congesting
you have been congesting
he/she/it has been congesting
we have been congesting
you have been congesting
they have been congesting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I congested
you congested
he/she/it congested
we congested
you congested
they congested
Past continuous
I was congesting
you were congesting
he/she/it was congesting
we were congesting
you were congesting
they were congesting
Past perfect
I had congested
you had congested
he/she/it had congested
we had congested
you had congested
they had congested
Past perfect continuous
I had been congesting
you had been congesting
he/she/it had been congesting
we had been congesting
you had been congesting
they had been congesting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will congest
you will congest
he/she/it will congest
we will congest
you will congest
they will congest
Future continuous
I will be congesting
you will be congesting
he/she/it will be congesting
we will be congesting
you will be congesting
they will be congesting
Future perfect
I will have congested
you will have congested
he/she/it will have congested
we will have congested
you will have congested
they will have congested
Future perfect continuous
I will have been congesting
you will have been congesting
he/she/it will have been congesting
we will have been congesting
you will have been congesting
they will have been congesting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would congest
you would congest
he/she/it would congest
we would congest
you would congest
they would congest
Conditional continuous
I would be congesting
you would be congesting
he/she/it would be congesting
we would be congesting
you would be congesting
they would be congesting
Conditional perfect
I would have congest
you would have congest
he/she/it would have congest
we would have congest
you would have congest
they would have congest
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been congesting
you would have been congesting
he/she/it would have been congesting
we would have been congesting
you would have been congesting
they would have been congesting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you congest
we let´s congest
you congest
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to congest
Past participle
congested
Present Participle
congesting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONGEST


Almagest
ˈælməˌdʒɛst
decongest
ˌdiːkənˈdʒɛst
digest
dɪˈdʒɛst
egest
iːˈdʒɛst
gest
dʒɛst
geste
dʒɛst
indigest
ˌɪndɪˈdʒɛst
ingest
ɪnˈdʒɛst
jessed
dʒɛst
jest
dʒɛst
outjest
ˌaʊtˈdʒɛst
predigest
ˌpriːdaɪˈdʒɛst
redigest
ˌriːdɪˈdʒɛst
suggest
səˈdʒɛst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONGEST

congeneric
congenerical
congenerous
congenetic
congenial
congeniality
congenially
congenialness
congenic
congenital
congenitally
congenitalness
conger
congeries
congested
congestible
congestion
congestion charge
congestion charging
congestive

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONGEST

at the earliest
at the latest
autosuggest
biggest
contest
disgest
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fest
for the best
forest
greatest
guest
honest
interest
latest
on request
quest
regest
smuggest
snuggest

Synonyms and antonyms of congest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «congest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONGEST

Find out the translation of congest to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of congest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «congest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拥塞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

congestionar
570 millions of speakers

English

congest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अत्यधिक काम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زحم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перегружать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

congestionar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভিড় করান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

encombrer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesesakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verstopfen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

充血させる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

혼잡
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Congest
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ứ huyết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कंजर्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tıkanmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

congestionare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przysporzą
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перевантажувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

congestiona
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επισωρεύω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overladen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

congest
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

congest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of congest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONGEST»

The term «congest» is regularly used and occupies the 76.192 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONGEST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about congest

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONGEST»

Discover the use of congest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to congest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Guide to English Grammar: Conjugation of Verbs Volume IV
Indicative Mood Singular I congest 1. 2. You congest 3. He/she/it congests Singular I congested 1. 2. You congested He/she/it congested 3. Singular I shall congest You will congest 1. 2. 3. He/she/it will congest Singular I have congested You ...
Bessie Brooks, 2012
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Journal of Tropical Medicine
Congest. 1 1 Congest. 1 Knliit-R»<1. ta .. c at Both pneumonic Congest. Congest. pleurisy, congest. Congest. Ciiupoet. MIIKlil & a i» ii Old Brain j ventricle Congest. Distension ventricles ventricles ventricles Pun in Interior Pus on of Pus in Pus ...
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Distributed Computing: 20th International Symposium, DISC ...
This model of distributed computation is called the CONGEST (logn) model or simply the CONGEST model [11] (the previous results on distributed MST cited in Sect. 1.1 are for this model). We note that, more generally, CONGEST (B) allows  ...
Shlomi Dolev, 2006
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Parallel and Distributed Processing: 11th [i.e. 11] ...
Then wmin > congest(G) > r--^. 2c(G) Proof. Following the congestion definition and the optical routing rule that different signals through a single fiber-optic link must be assigned different wavelengths, it is easy to see that wmjn > congest(G).
José D. P. Rolim, 1999
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Southern Reporter
It is the standing or parking, alone and exclusively, that is declared to congest the street and to be forbidden. In other words, automobiles for hire are thus discriminated against not for the reason that the fact of their being operated for hire ...
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The Southern Reporter
The automobiles for hire are allowed to operate to their hearts' content: only they must not stand or park. lt is the standing or parking, alone and exclusively, that is declared to congest the street and to be forbidden. ln other words, automobiles ...
7
Journal of the American Medical Association
EFFECT OF STRIPPING URETER AND CUTTING VALVE' RENAL INFECTION Case Gross Microscopic Cause Days No. Findings l'lndlng! of of Death Life 74 Normal Normal Ilemoperitoneiim 0 80 Congest. Glam. CONI'ESL Hemopcritoneum ...
8
Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Bioimpedance monitoring: better than chest x-ray for predicting abnormal pulmonary fluid? Congest Heart Fail 2000; 6:86–89. 38. Taler SJ, Augustine J, Textor SC. A hemodynamic approach to resistant hypertension. Congest Heart Fail 2000; ...
Christopher O'Connor, Wendy Gattis Stough, Miahai Gheorghiade, 2005
9
Heart Failure: Device Management
Minnesota impedance cardiograph. Crit Care Med 1995;23(10):1785–1786. cardiography come of age? Congest Heart Fail 2000;6(2):60–73. 4. Kubicek WG. On the source of peak first time derivative (dZ/dt) during impedance cardiography .
Arthur Feldman, 2009
10
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
Congest, konjest′, v.t. tobring together, orheapup: to accumulate.—adjs. Congest′ed, affected with anunnatural accumulation of blood: overcrowded; Congest′ible. —n.Congest′ion, an accumulation of blood in any part of the body: ...
Various

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONGEST»

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Valley Forge to celebrate papal visit with Family Day
The World Meeting of Families and papal visit may congest the region for the week of Sept. 20-27, but it will be of benefit to the area, as well, ... «Main Line, Jul 15»
2
MMDA's P500,000 motorcycles
They not only congest the streets but also waste precious fuel and pollute the air with their exhaust without ferrying enough passengers. «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
3
Naomi Klein: We Can Save Ourselves, but Only If We Learn to Work …
In our demand for reliable, affordable and even free public transit, which will get us out of the cars that pollute our cities, congest our lives, and ... «AlterNet, Jul 15»
4
Ahmed Patel demands MEMU trains between Bharuch and …
"He urged the minister to explore the possibility of commencing MEMU train services between both the cities as it may help de-congest road ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
5
MTS to support Modi government's Smart City initiative
We can replicate the Moscow city model here and help de-congest Indian roads as well as provide a more organised traffic management ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
6
Record Singapore fuel oil trades congest port, snarl loadings
SINGAPORE Buyers trying to load record fuel oil volumes traded last month in Singapore are congesting the port's oil terminals, while land ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
7
Govt considers incentives on discarding old cars
... infrastructure is not able to match the growth of vehicles in the country, while discarding of old vehicles will also help de-congest the roads. «Business Today, Jul 15»
8
USA vs. Guatemala friendly TV/streaming, lineups, previews, and …
Prediction: I should hope the US can break through Guatemala's attempts to congest the field and pack their defense. Otherwise, this Gold Cup ... «Black And Red United, Jul 15»
9
Fourth of July event may cause traffic congestion
Want the best seat for the Fourth of July fireworks show? Better get there early. "We're expecting a huge crowd that night. The forecast has ... «Victoria Advocate, Jul 15»
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'People and Planet First': Naomi Klein on climate justice and a new …
In our demand for reliable, affordable and even free public transit, which will get us out of the cars that pollute our cities, congest our lives, and ... «rabble.ca, Jul 15»

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