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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERCROWD

overcrowd  [ˌəʊvəˈkraʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERCROWD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overcrowd 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 overcrowd in English.

WHAT DOES OVERCROWD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overcrowd in the English dictionary

The definition of overcrowd in the dictionary is to fill with more people or things than is desirable.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERCROWD

PRESENT

Present
I overcrowd
you overcrowd
he/she/it overcrowds
we overcrowd
you overcrowd
they overcrowd
Present continuous
I am overcrowding
you are overcrowding
he/she/it is overcrowding
we are overcrowding
you are overcrowding
they are overcrowding
Present perfect
I have overcrowded
you have overcrowded
he/she/it has overcrowded
we have overcrowded
you have overcrowded
they have overcrowded
Present perfect continuous
I have been overcrowding
you have been overcrowding
he/she/it has been overcrowding
we have been overcrowding
you have been overcrowding
they have been overcrowding
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 overcrowded
you overcrowded
he/she/it overcrowded
we overcrowded
you overcrowded
they overcrowded
Past continuous
I was overcrowding
you were overcrowding
he/she/it was overcrowding
we were overcrowding
you were overcrowding
they were overcrowding
Past perfect
I had overcrowded
you had overcrowded
he/she/it had overcrowded
we had overcrowded
you had overcrowded
they had overcrowded
Past perfect continuous
I had been overcrowding
you had been overcrowding
he/she/it had been overcrowding
we had been overcrowding
you had been overcrowding
they had been overcrowding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overcrowd
we let´s overcrowd
you overcrowd
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overcrowd
Past participle
overcrowded
Present Participle
overcrowding
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 OVERCROWD


becrowd
bɪˈkraʊd
beshroud
bɪˈʃraʊd
crowd
kraʊd
disenshroud
ˌdɪsɪnˈʃraʊd
enshroud
ɪnˈʃraʊd
in-crowd
ˈɪnˌkraʊd
misproud
mɪsˈpraʊd
outcrowd
ˌaʊtˈkraʊd
overproud
ˌəʊvəˈpraʊd
proud
praʊd
purse-proud
ˈpɜːsˌpraʊd
rent-a-crowd
ˈrɛntəˌkraʊd
shroud
ʃraʊd
stroud
straʊd
unshroud
ʌnˈʃraʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERCROWD

overcorrection
overcount
overcover
overcoy
overcram
overcrammed
overcramming
overcredulity
overcredulous
overcritical
overcrop
overcropped
overcropping
overcrow
overcrowded
overcrowding
overcultivation
overcure
overcut
overcutting

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERCROWD

bawd
capacity crowd
dawd
dowd
follow the crowd
fwd
Gawd
lewd
overlewd
rwd
showd
shrewd
shrowd
the crowd
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Synonyms and antonyms of overcrowd in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overcrowd» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERCROWD

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

Translator English - Chinese

过度拥挤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overcrowd
570 millions of speakers

English

overcrowd
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पल्ला झुकना
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ازدحام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

переполнять
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sobrecarregar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অতিরিক্ত ভিড় করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surcharger
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berlebihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

überladen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

混雑させる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

혼잡하게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overcrowd
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm đông dân quá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கூட்டம் கூடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रचंड गर्दी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fazla kalabalık etmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sovraffollamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przepełnić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

переповнювати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aglomera
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιβαρύνετε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorlaai
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

befolka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overcrowd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overcrowd

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERCROWD»

The term «overcrowd» is normally little used and occupies the 109.444 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERCROWD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overcrowd» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overcrowd» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERCROWD»

Discover the use of overcrowd in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overcrowd and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
States, Housing and Innovation: The Role of State Housing ...
... are displayed in Figure 5.2 below. Figure 5.2: Final Four Models Tested Model A ADOPTA = INCOME(B1)+BLACK(B2)+OVERCROWD(B3)+PERMITS(B4)+ HCD_EXP(B5) +RANNEY(B6)+ CITIDEO(B7)+NEIGHBORA(B8) Model B ADOPTB ...
Corianne Payton Scally, 2007
2
Papers by command
Overcrowd workshop, Morris Cohen. overcrowd dwelling, Barnet Jeratsky. « Kercrowd workshop, John Anniss. Overcrowd dwelling, Joseph Donoghue. Overcrowd dwelling, Joseph Spurting. Overcrowd dwelling, Solomon Mardolitz.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1903
3
Deflecting Immigration: Networks, Markets, and Regulation in ...
... and Mexico-based international real estate developers to prearrange the housing they would need in Los Angeles.1 Instead, Latinos crashed into the housing status quo with no resources except their willingness to overpay and overcrowd.
Ivan Light, 2006
4
Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keynote for Mac OS X
Don't Overcrowd When you create Keynote slides, you might have a tendency to overcrowd the slides with text in order to use fewer slides. Keynote lets you be the boss, and it lets you put a lot of text on a slide, but please don't. Always use ...
Curt Simmons, 2004
5
Report of the Royal Commission on Alien Immigration
Overcrowd dwelling, \Voolf Greenbauln. . overcrowd; dwelling, Nathan Klertz.' Overcrowd dwelling, Harris Limf. Overcnowd dwelling, Morris Normitovsky. () vcrcrowd dwelling, Jacob Wyinan. Overcrowd dwelling, Jacob Finklestein. overcrowd ...
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Alien Immigration, 1903
6
India’s Perception, Society, and Development: Essays Unpleasant
overcrowd. (italics. added)]. The absence of child (and/or early) marriage practice among the majority of tribes particularly in the past was probably instrumental ( partly) to a mortality advantage in infancy, as the risk of death is often higher ...
Arup Maharatna, 2013
7
Equine Health and Emergency Management
Hemorrhage—Internal o swellings in non-dependent minutes_ , Remove hazards_ (Pg 250) areas 0 Apply cold treatments to - Follow safe turnout practices. ' abraSions/missmg hair over swellings, 30 minutes/hour. - Do not overcrowd or ...
Bonny Henderson, 2012
8
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
Even one being found drunk and helping himself beside the road is taken to the police cells to overcrowd it. What action is the Minister taking to make sure that petty offenders are not put in police cells where they overcrowd them and cause ...
9
The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Six: Glimpses ...
Because you decided to overcrowd the wake of the relationship, you are left with that stuffiness. So you have created your own realm in that sense, in human life. That extreme case of one-upmanship is based on the feeling of being better, ...
Chogyam Trungpa, Carolyn Rose Gimian, 2010
10
Treme: The Cookbook: In The Kitchen with the Stars of the ...
Working in batches if necessary to prevent overcrowd— ing, add the meat to the hot oil and cook until all the pieces are nicely browned, about 15 minutes total. ( It's important not to overcrowd the pan as the meat browns so the meat doesn't ...
David Simon, Lolis Eric Elie, Nina Noble, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERCROWD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overcrowd is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Proposed gas station in Florence draws controversy
They just trying to overcrowd it. Why not spend the money that they are about to spend on the gas station on something that would be a little bit ... «WJTV, Jul 15»
2
The peas corps: Yotam Ottolenghi's pea recipes
Once the pan is hot, add the beans in batches – don't overcrowd the pan – and char-grill for two minutes, turning throughout, so they get char ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
On the road ... with cattle on my mind
Never overcrowd working facilities, work cattle slowly, and use low-stress handling techniques. Unlike us humans, cattle don't sweat effectively ... «Bureau County Republican, Jul 15»
4
11 Fashion Commandments to Live Your Life By
Don't overcrowd. That never works. Thou shalt always be comfortable. Imagine wearing a bandage dress and sucking in your stomach as you ... «iDiva.com, Jul 15»
5
Township Splash Pad is no longer free
... change diapers on picnic tables, leave dirty diapers on the pool deck, allow children to run around the Splash Pad and overcrowd the area. «The Shippensburg News-Chronicle, Jul 15»
6
Make your garden grow
“Don't overcrowd with too much interest,” she said. “All design criteria holds key elements of being comfortable, functional, practical, having ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
7
July 24, 2015, 1:56 pm
“Don't overcrowd with too much interest,” she said. “All design criteria holds key elements of being comfortable, functional, practical, having ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
8
Exhibit feature: Summer 2015 Group Exhibition at Angela Meleca …
Within that, it was difficult to drill down to just these pieces, but I didn't want to overcrowd the space and make sure each piece has its own room ... «Columbus Alive, Jul 15»
9
Montauk crackdown may require bars and clubs to count patrons
"They should have been doing this to begin with to ensure they don't overcrowd under the fire code," Cantwell said. "They are responsible for ... «amNY, Jul 15»
10
Lake out of capacity for students despite home builders' contention …
That might be a temporary "solution" but in the end, all it does is overcrowd the ancillary space, such as cafeterias, libraries, parking capacity, ... «Orlando Sentinel, Jul 15»

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