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They must have a feeling of do or die. It is such an overcrowded profession.
Louise Jameson

Meaning of "overcrowded" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERCROWDED

overcrowded  [ˌəʊvəˈkraʊdɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERCROWDED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overcrowded is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERCROWDED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overcrowded in the English dictionary

The definition of overcrowded in the dictionary is filled with more people or things than is desirable.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERCROWDED


bar-coded
ˈbɑːˌkəʊdɪd
coded
ˈkəʊdɪd
corroded
kəˈrəʊdɪd
crowded
ˈkraʊdɪd
demoded
diːˈməʊdɪd
dismoded
dɪsˈməʊdɪd
hooded
ˈhʊdɪd
loaded
ˈləʊdɪd
outmoded
ˌaʊtˈməʊdɪd
overloaded
ˌəʊvəˈləʊdɪd
spring-loaded
ˌsprɪŋˈləʊdɪd
unclouded
ʌnˈklaʊdɪd
uncoded
ʌnˈkəʊdɪd
uncrowded
ʌnˈkraʊdɪd
unexploded
ˌʌnɪksˈpləʊdɪd
unloaded
ʌnˈləʊdɪd
unwooded
ʌnˈwʊdɪd
woaded
ˈwəʊdɪd
wooded
ˈwʊdɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERCROWDED

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERCROWDED

beaded
blended
branded
decided
divided
embedded
expanded
extended
guided
headed
included
intended
landed
minded
padded
provided
recommended
recorded
red-headed
rounded

Synonyms and antonyms of overcrowded in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OVERCROWDED»

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

Translation of «overcrowded» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERCROWDED

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

Translator English - Chinese

过于拥挤的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

masificado
570 millions of speakers

English

overcrowded
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भीड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مكتظة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

переполнены
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

superlotado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জনাকীর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bondé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penuh sesak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

überfüllt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

混雑した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

혼잡한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overcrowded
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đông đúc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நெரிசல் நிறைந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भीक मागत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aşırı kalabalık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sovraffollato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przepełnione
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

переповнені
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supraaglomerate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερπλήρεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorvol
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fulla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

befolket
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overcrowded

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERCROWDED»

The term «overcrowded» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.062 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERCROWDED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overcrowded» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overcrowded» 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 overcrowded

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9 QUOTES WITH «OVERCROWDED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word overcrowded.
1
Robert Hass
You begin to see that all of these things are connected: The kind of cuts that mean less environmental protection are also the kind of cuts that mean less musical education for the schools and that also mean more overcrowded schools.
2
Stephen Hawking
We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.
3
Fannie Hurst
Few enjoy noisy overcrowded functions. But they are a gesture of goodwill on the part of host or hostess, and also on the part of guests who submit to them.
4
Louise Jameson
They must have a feeling of do or die. It is such an overcrowded profession.
5
Anthony Lewis
Desperation is a fact of life in many poor, overcrowded countries.
6
Rosemary Mahoney
When you hear that China is overcrowded, that's an understatement. I was shocked at the number of people. Even in the rural areas. I was also shocked at the poverty and at the living conditions.
7
Simon Mawer
Guernsey itself was overcrowded, but its cliffs were utterly empty. I spent a wonderful year with a friend, climbing them. It was sheer magic: you went from this pretty, busy village of an island to the sea cliffs and heard nothing but the gulls and the waves.
8
Jane Velez-Mitchell
Agribusiness - with its wicked powerful lobby and its infiltration of top bureaucratic posts - essentially runs roughshod over the government agencies that are supposed to monitor it. It's the rich fox guarding the filthy, overcrowded henhouse.
9
Zach Wamp
Failure to properly control our borders costs citizens in many ways: schools become overcrowded, medical resources are stretched too thin, other government services are overtaxed, and taxes increase further.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERCROWDED»

Discover the use of overcrowded in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overcrowded and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Penal Reform in Overcrowded Times
This volume brings together a collection of articles on penal reform in the United States, Europe, Japan, and other English-speaking countries.
Institute of Criminology Cambridge University Michael Tonry Professor of Law and Public Policy and Director, 2001
2
An overcrowded world?: our impact on the planet
Explores the debates surrounding over popultaion, discussing its causes and the impact on the earth's natural resources.
Rob Bowden, 2002
3
Overcrowded World
Looks at the problem of overpopulation, its causes, how it affects the standard of living and the environment, and ways that people have attempted to deal with the problem.
Ewan McLeish, 2009
4
Intermediate Sanctions in Overcrowded Times
In this timely volume, leading experts on sentencing and corrections policy focus on the development of intermediate sanctions as criminal sentencing alternatives designed to reduce America's over-reliance on imprisonment to punish criminal ...
Michael H. Tonry, Kate Hamilton, 1995
5
Sentencing Reform in Overcrowded Times : A Comparative ...
This volume brings together articles on sentencing reform in the United States, other English-speaking countries (Australia, Canada, England, Wales, New Zealand, South Africa), and Western Europe, by leading national and international ...
Michael Tonry Sonosky Professor of Law University of Minnesota, Kathleen Hatlestad Sonosky Professor of Law University of Minnesota, 1997
6
Overcrowded Britain: our immigration crisis exposed
Political correctness has hi-jacked our freedom to discuss one of the burning issues of the day. This book will inevitably be condemned by the politically-correct, few of whom will actually bother to read it.
Ashley Mote, 2003
7
You Can't Get Inside My Head It's Already Overcrowded
This book contains words that spill over onto paper that eventually fill the voids of the soul and mind. The writings in this book once again express topics of love and death, but also expand out to other subject matters.
John Dervishian, 2010
8
Water and health in an overcrowded world
The book concludes with a detailed case study of a scarce resource which is vital for human health: clean water.
Tim Halliday, Basiro Davey, 2007
9
Overcrowded World?: Global Population and International ...
How will manage the earth's population growth from today's 6.8 billion to 9 billion by 2050?
Rainer Münz, Albert F. Reiterer, Klaus Wiegandt, 2009
10
Redefining Urban and Suburban America: Evidence from Census 2000
Most Overcrowded States in 2000" Source: Author's analysis of data from U.S. Census Bureau. a. Overcrowded households have more than 1.0 person per room. Severely overcrowded households have more than 1.5 persons per room. b.
Bruce Katz, Alan Berube, Robert Lang, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERCROWDED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overcrowded is used in the context of the following news items.
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OPINION: Helicopter manufacturing remains overcrowded
Lockheed Martin's proposed $9 billion acquisition of helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky is not as transformative as it might initially appear. «Flightglobal, Jul 15»
2
New superhospital ER overcrowded while occupancy rate drops at …
Meanwhile, the pediatric ER in the new home of the Montreal Children's Hospital at the Glen Site is busy, but not overcrowded. Sidorowicz ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
3
Irish navy save 358 people from overcrowded boat
More than 350 migrants have been rescued from an overcrowded, wooden barge in the Mediterranean by Irish naval vessel the LÉ Niamh. «UTV Ireland, Jul 15»
4
Talkback 16: Abandoned Kittens and an Overcrowded Prison
... on a big winning lottery ticket that came from our area. Also, one caller might have the solution to an overcrowded prison in Schuylkill County. «wnep.com, Jul 15»
5
Marolt: Aspen — overcrowded by design
It's clear that Aspen is at a perilous historic crossroads. True prosperity at long last or abject financial ruin forevermore are our choices. «Aspen Times, Jul 15»
6
Jessica Lawson: Schoolgirl 'fell from overcrowded swimming …
A British schoolgirl suffered fatal blow to the head after a plastic diving platform overcrowded with children flipped over, an eyewitness has said. «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
7
Home for Good's Junior Ambassadors busy rescuing dogs from …
Since their arrival here on July 13, the teenagers have been helping the nonprofit save dogs from overcrowded shelters in South Carolina and ... «Aiken Standard, Jul 15»
8
overcrowded kiwi bets look vulnerable
Beware the overcrowded trade. The New Zealand dollar bounced off near six-year lows at the start of the week after John Key, prime minister, ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
9
Public Claims South Fork of the Snake River Overcrowded
BYINGTON, Idaho (AP) — The Bureau of Land Management is considering what to do about reports of overcrowding on the South Fork of the ... «News Radio 1310 KLIX, Jul 15»
10
More detainees sent to temporary Symonston jail from overcrowded
The full-time prison at Symonston was opened this year to help take overflow from the overcrowded Alexander Maconochie Centre until ... «The Canberra Times, Jul 15»

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