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" What I find is really interesting is the Ear-Nose-Throat doctor thing, which I know would take a lot of work and education, but it's something that really interests me, because it's something that helps people who've had the same problems as me, with the whole hearing and nose congestion and problems with your voice."
David Archuleta

Meaning of "congestion" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CONGESTION

kənˈdʒɛstʃən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONGESTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Congestion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONGESTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of congestion in the English dictionary

The first definition of congestion in the dictionary is the state of being overcrowded, esp with with traffic or people. Other definition of congestion is the state of being overloaded or clogged with blood. Congestion is also the state of being blocked with mucus.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONGESTION

antichristian · autosuggestion · Christian · combustion · contragestion · counterquestion · decongestion · digestion · disgestion · egestion · exhaustion · indigestion · ingestion · mixtion · moxibustion · predigestion · question · redigestion · suggestion · unchristian

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONGESTION

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONGESTION

accreditation · bastion · beg the question · beyond (all) question · call in question · Camp Bastion · direct question · essay question · good question · heat exhaustion · heat of combustion · in question · loaded question · open question · out of the question · pop the question · previous question · put the question · rhetorical question · trick question · yes/no question

Synonyms and antonyms of congestion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONGESTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «congestion» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «congestion» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CONGESTION

Find out the translation of congestion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of congestion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «congestion» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

拥塞
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

congestión
570 millions of speakers
en

English

congestion
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

भीड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اِحْتِقَان
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

скопление
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

congestionamento
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

পূর্ণতা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

encombrement
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kesesakan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Stau
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

密集
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

정체
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kemacetan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự tắc nghẽn
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

நெரிசல்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

रक्तसंचय
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

tıkanıklık
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

congestione
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

przeciążenie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

затор
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

congestie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συμφόρηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opeenhoping
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trängsel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overbelastning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of congestion

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONGESTION»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of congestion
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «congestion».

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

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «CONGESTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word congestion.
1
Anthony Albanese
Australia has an economic interest in ensuring our cities have 21st century urban rail transport to reduce traffic congestion.
2
David Archuleta
What I find is really interesting is the Ear-Nose-Throat doctor thing, which I know would take a lot of work and education, but it's something that really interests me, because it's something that helps people who've had the same problems as me, with the whole hearing and nose congestion and problems with your voice.
3
Corrine Brown
We are also ignoring and underfunding high speed rail which is one of the best ways to move citizens and improve congestion on our highways.
4
Leon Krier
The more you densify a city, the more congestion will increase, however technology changes... cities so packed that they will no longer function... vertical sprawl.
5
Bill Lipinski
Freight mobility and movement, while not a sexy policy issue, is a highly important one. Capacity constraints and congestion on our nation's freight rail system create many problems.
6
Eduardo Paes
Rio is an energetic, vibrant place, full of beauty and nature. But we face the kinds of problems any developing metropolis does - with pollution, traffic congestion, poverty. Distribution of green areas, for example, is not uniform. Madureira, the heart of the suburb in Rio, is a concrete jungle.
7
Carlo Ratti
As people talk, text and browse, telecommunication networks are capturing urban flows in real time and crystallizing them as Google's traffic congestion maps.
8
Ginni Rometty
Every day I get to 'Think' and work on everything from digitizing electric grids so they can accommodate renewable energy and enable mass adoption of electric cars, helping major cities reduce congestion and pollution, to developing new micro-finance programs that help tiny businesses get started in markets such as Brazil, India, Africa.
9
John Warner
We must do all we can to reduce congestion in our urban areas and increase access and mobility in our rural areas, and this extra funding will help us get there.
10
Ray Winstone
I know I've got to pay some tax, but I hate the fact that they collect millions of pounds a day from the congestion charge and I don't see anything or anyone benefitting from it. Where are the new hospitals?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONGESTION»

Discover the use of congestion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to congestion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Network Congestion Control: Managing Internet Traffic
This invaluable text will provide academics and researchers in computer science, electrical engineering and communications networking, as well as students on advanced networking and Internet courses, with a thorough understanding of the ...
Michael Welzl, 2005
2
Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-hour Traffic Congestion
In this new book, Anthony Downs looks at the causes of worsening traffic congestion, especially in suburban areas, and considers the possible remedies, while analyzing the specific advantages and disadvantages of every major strategy that ...
Anthony Downs, 1992
3
Still Stuck in Traffic: Coping with Peak-hour Traffic Congestion
Most Americans agree that traffic congestion is the major problem in their communities —and it only seems to be getting worse.In this revised and expanded edition of his landmark work Stuck in Traffic, Anthony Downs examines the benefits ...
Anthony Downs, 2005
4
The Mathematics of Internet Congestion Control
This text presents models for the development of new protocols that can help make Internet data transfers virtually loss- and delay-free.
Rayadurgam Srikant, 2004
5
Routing Congestion in VLSI Circuits: Estimation and Optimization
This book provides the reader with a complete understanding of the root causes of routing congestion in present-day and future VLSI circuits, available techniques for estimating and optimizing this congestion, and a critical analysis of the ...
Prashant Saxena, Rupesh S. Shelar, Sachin Sapatnekar, 2007
6
End-to-End Adaptive Congestion Control in TCP/IP Networks
This book provides an adaptive control theory perspective on designing congestion controls for packet-switching networks.
Christos N. Houmkozlis, George A. Rovithakis, 2012
7
Road Congestion Pricing in Europe: Implications for the ...
. . this book is an interesting collection of papers on the topic of road congestion pricing. . . The reader should find this collection to be both interesting and informative, but also quite thought-provoking. . .
Harry Ward Richardson, Chang-Hee Christine Bae, 2008
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ECMT Round Tables Traffic Congestion in Europe
This Round Table defines congestion and determines the scale of the problem. It addressed the trends in congestion and the consequences of those trends. The Round Table then considered possible solutions to the congestion problem.
European Conference of Ministers of Transport, 1999
9
Highway Congestion: Intelligent Transportation Systems' ...
Congestion is a serious & growing transport. problem for the nation.
JayEtta Z. Hecker, 2006
10
Congestion Taxes in City Traffic: Lessons Learnt from the ...
It has since been made a permanent system. In this book, the authors scrutinise and analyse the political and administrative processes of the first Swedish congestion experiment and its aftermath.
Anders Gullberg, Karolina Isaksson, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONGESTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term congestion is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tram routes changed, abolished in shake-up to ease congestion
The proposal is aimed at relieving chronic overcrowding, reducing congestion on the notoriously busy Swanston Street-St Kilda Road corridor ... «The Age, Jul 15»
2
Traffic congestion a major time-waster
At only 12 years old, already my youngest daughter sometimes is so frustrated with traffic and congestion. The gap of time between when a light ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Gloucestershire traffic and travel: Westgate Street congestion
Motorists have reported delays between the Castle Meads Way traffic lifts junction to Westgate Retail Park. Traffic is also slow into town on the ... «Gloucester Citizen, Jul 15»
4
INDOT smart speed signs aim to reduce congestion through …
BARTHOLOMEW CO., Ind. (Speed signs that make traffic less likely, and can keep drivers and highway workers safer are being tested on one ... «WTTV CBS4Indy, Jul 15»
5
Some hiccups, but one-way rule eases congestion
However, some neighbouring roads witnessed traffic congestion as commuters took shortcuts. Some haphazardly parked vehicles also led to ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
6
We can't afford to wait to fix congestion
Dhaka's chronic traffic congestion is becoming worse this month, with the regular surge in pre-Eid shopping trips. Congestion is the most ... «DhakaTribune, Jul 15»
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Absurd claim that SC2 will cut congestion
HEREFORDSHIRE Council wants to spend £30 million of public funds – that means our money – on a new southern link road (SLR) through ... «Hereford Times, Jul 15»
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New lane opened on I-495 inner loop to ease congestion
There is a new la vdotlogo ne for commuters to use on the Capital Beltway (I-495) inner loop. According to the Virginia Department of ... «PotomacLocal.com, Jul 15»
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Will Toronto be as quick to ease pedestrian congestion as it is with …
Now, the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area has data showing pedestrian congestion is becoming a problem on Yonge's narrow ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
10
Cities take long view of traffic congestion
Faced with traffic congestion so notorious that it has become a cultural touchstone in movies and comedy repertoires, L.A. has embarked on a ... «The Columbian, Jul 15»
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