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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD THRONG

Old English gethrang; related to Old Norse throng, Old High German drangōd.
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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 THRONG

throng  [θrɒŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THRONG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Throng is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb throng in English.

WHAT DOES THRONG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of throng in the English dictionary

The first definition of throng in the dictionary is a great number of people or things crowded together. Other definition of throng is to gather in or fill in large numbers; crowd. Throng is also to hem in ; jostle.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO THRONG

PRESENT

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

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you throng
we let´s throng
you throng
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to throng
Past participle
thronged
Present Participle
thronging
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 THRONG


Armstrong
ˈɑːmˌstrɒŋ
awrong
əˈrɒŋ
barong
bæˈrɒŋ
binturong
ˈbɪntjʊˌrɒŋ
extra-strong
ˌekstrəˈstrɒŋ
headstrong
ˈhɛdˌstrɒŋ
overstrong
ˌəʊvəˈstrɒŋ
prong
prɒŋ
restaurant
ˈrɛstəˌrɒŋ
sarong
səˈrɒŋ
strong
strɒŋ
superstrong
ˌsuːpərˈstrɒŋ
wrong
rɒŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THRONG

thrombose
thrombosed
thromboses
thrombosis
thrombotic
thromboxane
thrombus
throne
throne room
throneless
throngful
thronging
thronner
thropple
throstle
throttle
throttle valve
throttleable
throttlehold
throttler

WORDS THAT END LIKE THRONG

along
among
belong
come on strong
dong
for a song
get wrong
go wrong
gong
Guangdong
hong
Hong Kong
in the wrong
long
mong
put a foot wrong
so long
song
thong
tong

Synonyms and antonyms of throng in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «THRONG»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «throng» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of throng
assemblage · bunch · concourse · congregate · congregation · converge · cram · crowd · crush · fill · flock · flow · herd · horde · host · jam · mass · mob · multitude · pack · pour · press · rush · stream · swarm · troop

Translation of «throng» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THRONG

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

Translator English - Chinese

一大群人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

multitud
570 millions of speakers

English

throng
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भीड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حشد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

толпа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

multidão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভিড়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

foule
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berduyun-duyun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Masse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

人だかり
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

인파
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Throng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đến đông người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சூழ்ந்திருப்பதை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गर्दी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kalabalık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

moltitudine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tłum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

натовп
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mulțime
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοσμοσυρροή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trängsel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stimle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of throng

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THRONG»

The term «throng» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.361 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THRONG» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THRONG»

Discover the use of throng in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to throng and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Throng
Jennifer Moxley, who selected Beduya as the winner of the 2011 Plonsker Emerging Writers Residency, writes that in this book "a shimmering subjectivity—sometimes singular, more often plural—emits an intermittent signal, coming in and ...
Jose Perez Beduya, 2012
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The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
See An- «Mt. THRONG, n.s. [thrang, Saxon, from thring- "ifprr/i.] A crowd; a multitude pressing a- s<ctf each other. — Smother up the English in our throngs. Sbak. A throng 1 Of thick short sobs. Crushavi. 1 wisti the throng of great and good.
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807
3
A Description of Bath: Wherein the Antiquity of the City, as ...
Moor's Throng is four Feet six Inches broad; Wood's Throng is six Inches wider ; Parker's Throng is still broader by six Inches ; and Tagg's Throng is yet broader, and amounts to nine Feet in width : This throng admits of a Communication, sor ...
John Wood, P. Fourdrinier, 1765
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Word Power Grades 5-6 (eBook)
The assembly of senators met in the Senate to hear the president's speech. The president sat in solitude as he waited to enter the Senate. Outside, a throng of people waited to see the President as he left. A. Look up each word in the dictionary ...
Suzanne Wilke Lowe, 2001
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis
THRONG, s. ['6pang, Saxon, from bprngan, to press.]A crowd ; a multitude pressing against each other. Let us on heaps go offer up our lives: 'Ve are enow yet living on the field, To smother up the English in our throngs. Shahspearc. THRONG ...
John Wilkes, 1828
6
Worlds for Throng
Just-graduated journalist major Timothy Crowling is assigned his first story, and heads into it eagerly, unaware of the pawn-like position he's been forced into as part of one of the grandest schemes humanity's ever attempted: five ...
Emmett Hercule Lafave, 2013
7
Earthquake Resurrection: Supernatural Catalyst for the ...
Rev 19:1 After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, Rev 19:2 because his judgments are true and just. For he has judged the ...
David W. Lowe, 2005
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A Dictionary of the English and Russian Languages:
T'Bcnńrs,es,v. to straiten, narrow, confine; press, squeeze; throng, crowd; oppress ; - ся, r. to straiten one's self , squeeze one's self, press, squeeze , throng,crowd; p.v. to be straitened, etc. s. Т'Ьснённый. Т'Ёсно, ad. throngly, crowdedly; straitly ...
Jacob Banks, 1840
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English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order
MULTITUDE, CROWD, THRONG, SWARM. The idea of many is common to all these terms, and peculiar to that of MULTITUDE, from the Latin multus; CROWD, from the verb to crowd, signifies the many that crowd together ; and THRONG, from ...
George Crabb, 1824
10
In Praise of Music: SATB & SSA with SSTB Soli (English ...
deaf, be deaf un-to my ky. , 1st SOPRANO. g No part hath TENOR. lie in the tune - ful throng, in the tune - fui * No part hath he in the tune - ful throng, in the tune - ful throng, the tune - ful throng ; J-^^ Com-rade un - wor- thy to throng, the tune ...
Beethoven, Ludwig van

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THRONG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term throng is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sydney Spider-Man throng smashes world record
Donations from the Lycra-enhanced throng go to Life Education, which provides drug and health eduction for children and young adults. Yet another triumph for ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
2
The Latest: Mourners throng services for 2 women killed in …
The Daily Advertiser (http://bit.ly/1GVwEEw ) reports that about 500 people thronged a funeral service Monday for Breaux at the Church of the Assumption in ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
3
Shoppers throng Kenya's Westgate Mall 2 years after extremist …
Hundreds of shoppers thronged through the reopened mall Saturday, following two years of repairs after security forces battled four gunmen from Somalia's ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
4
Thousands throng to Great South Bay Music Festival
"This is my kind of music," said the guy in the tie-dyed T-shirt garnished with a peace-sign pin. Tom Condra of Bayport was among the thousands of spectators ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
5
Tom Cruise's 'girlfriend' Emily waits as he poses with fans on Mena set
And on Saturday, Tom Cruise happily posed for photographs with a throng of eager admirers during a break from filming Mena in Atlanta, Georgia. But as Tom ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Blowout Women's World Cup win thrills throng in SF
They came predicting a U.S. win over a tough opponent. They certainly didn't expect a blowout. Hundreds of flag-draped, paint-smeared soccer fans wedged ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
7
Athens Streets Throng With Revellers
Greece's risky electoral confrontation with its creditors exploded into a cathartic street party in Athens late Sunday, as a nation that has been pushed to the brink ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
8
Gamblers throng to opening day at Plainridge casino
Others walked straight ahead. They were the gamblers and dreamers who thronged to the Plainridge Park Casino to share in a moment in Massachusetts history ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
9
Thousands of Chinese visitors throng to Napa Valley this spring
Thousands of Chinese visitors throng to Napa Valley this spring. Saved. Save Article; My Saved Items · Print Email. « Thomas Elam · Buffet tables at Krug · Grape ... «Napa Valley Register, Jun 15»
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50000 pilgrims throng to Rebbe's grave on death anniversary
NEW YORK — Wayne Abrahami, a middle-aged real-estate developer from Las Vegas, pays the same visit every time he's in New York. Though bound for an ... «The Times of Israel, Jun 15»

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