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overcrowding

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The situation where a space holds more occupants than it can comfortably accommodate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of overcrowd

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: sobreocupació — having more occupants than can be accommodated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人滿為患 /人满为患 (rénmǎnwéihuàn) — having more occupants than can be accommodated
  • Finnish: ruuhka — having more occupants than can be accommodated
  • Finnish: tungos — having more occupants than can be accommodated
  • Finnish: ylikansoitus — having more occupants than can be accommodated
  • French: surfréquentation — having more occupants than can be accommodated
  • Italian: sovrafrequentazione — having more occupants than can be accommodated
  • Portuguese: sobrelotação — having more occupants than can be accommodated
  • Russian: переполне́ние (perepolnénije) — having more occupants than can be accommodated
  • Russian: перенаселе́ние (perenaselénije) — having more occupants than can be accommodated
  • Swedish: trångboddhet — having more occupants than can be accommodated
  • Swedish: överbeläggning — having more occupants than can be accommodated