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crowda large number of people gathered together in a disorganized way

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: a large number of people gathered together in a disorganized way

Pronunciation (IPA): /kraʊd/

Korean meaning: 무질서하게 모인 많은 사람들, 군중

Korean pronunciation: **크라**우드

Example Sentences

  • The free pizza offer attracted such a huge crowd that the shop ran out in 10 minutes.
  • Please don't crowd me while I'm trying to solve this math problem!
  • The crowd went wild when the singer forgot the lyrics and started making up random words.

crowd

NOUN

//kraʊd//

a large number of people gathered together in a disorganized way

crowd concept
💡 Concept

A huge crowd packs the stadium, cheering wildly as the team scores.

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/kraʊd/
🇬🇧 UK/kraʊd/

🌳Etymology

Rootcrowd

Origin

From Old English 'crudan' meaning 'to press or push,' related to Old Norse 'krutha.' The word evolved to describe a pressed or densely packed group of people.

🎵Rhyme

loudproudcloudallowed
loud
proud
cloud
allowed

🔗Collocations

draw a crowd
crowd control
follow the crowd
crowd around
capacity crowd
crowd out

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The free pizza offer attracted such a huge crowd that the shop ran out in 10 minutes.

Please don't crowd me while I'm trying to solve this math problem!

😄 Fun example

The crowd went wild when the singer forgot the lyrics and started making up random words.

Modern technology tends to crowd out traditional methods of communication.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

throngmobmassmultitudegathering

Antonyms

individualsolitudeemptiness

Related

audiencepublicpopulationgroupassembly

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