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Crowd: Meaning, Examples, and Common Collocations (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：large gathering (crowd)

crowd 🔊

/kraʊd/

n./v.

A lot of people in one place, like at a concert or market.

Crowd of people at a street festival enjoying a parade

large gathering 🔊

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/lɑːrdʒ ˈɡæðərɪŋ/

n./v.

A large number of people gathered closely together, often in a public space.

📁 Category：Entertainment & Sports 🔖 Level：beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old English 'crūdan' (to press, push), evolving to describe a dense group.

💡 Mnemonic

Think of a crow d (crow + d) gathering many birds, like a crowd of people.

📖 Example

The crowd at the music festival was dancing and having a great time. 🔊 The crowd at the music festival was dancing and having a great time.

🔗 Collocations

a crowd of people – a large group of people gathered together

crowd control – methods used to manage and direct a large group of people

crowd pleaser – something that is very popular with many people

🔄 Synonyms

mob (n.) – A large disorderly crowd, often with a shared negative intention.

throng (n.) – A large, densely packed crowd of people or things.

multitude (n.) – A great number of people, especially in a general or indefinite sense.

🚫 Antonyms

individual (n.) – A single person, separate from any group.

loner (n.) – A person who prefers to be alone, avoiding crowds.

hermit (n.) – A person who lives in seclusion, away from society and crowds.

🌱 Derivatives

crowded (adj.) – Filled with a large number of people; packed.

crowding (n.) – The act or state of filling a space with too many people.

crowdedness (n.) – The quality of being filled with many people.

📖 Cultural Story

From Old English 'crūdan' (to press), 'crowd' came to mean a dense group of people pressing together, common at concerts, protests, and sports events.

Meaning 2：pack into (crowd)

crowd 🔊

/kraʊd/

n./v.

When too many people go into a place, making it very full.

Crowded subway car during peak hour with standing passengers

pack into 🔊

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/pæk ˈɪntuː/

n./v.

When many people enter a space, causing it to become extremely full and cramped.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

All my friends crowded into my small apartment for the birthday party. 🔊 All my friends crowded into my small apartment for the birthday party.

🔗 Collocations

crowd into – to enter a space in large numbers, filling it tightly

crowd with – to fill a space with many people or things

crowd out – to exclude or push aside by filling a space completely

🔄 Synonyms

cram (v.) – To force a large number of people or things into a small space.

pack (v.) – To fill a space tightly with people or things.

jam (v.) – To push or force people or things into a space so that it becomes blocked.

🚫 Antonyms

empty (v.) – To remove all people or contents from a space.

clear (v.) – To remove people or obstacles from a place, making it less full.

vacate (v.) – To leave a place, making it empty of people.

🌱 Derivatives

overcrowded (adj.) – Containing too many people, more than comfortable or safe.

overcrowding (n.) – The state of being filled beyond capacity with people.

crowder (n.) – A person who crowds into a space (rare usage).