crowded

[krou-did]

adjective

1. filled to excess; packed.

2. filled with a crowd.

   crowded streets.

3. uncomfortably close together.

   crowded passengers on a bus.

Other Word Forms

• crowdedly adverb
• overcrowded adjective
• overcrowdedly adverb
• overcrowdedness noun
• uncrowded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of crowded¹

First recorded in 1605–15; crowd ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Terra Innovatum’s management believes it has several advantages that will catapult it to the front of a very crowded pack of advanced nuclear companies.

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The book is crowded with characters, but “Sunshine Charlie” Mitchell, the head of National City Bank of New York, provides a sort of leitmotif.

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There is also a trickle-down of safe-haven money: Investors who see the gold trade as too crowded are looking into silver.

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The expansion into quick commerce could be considered a defensive move in a crowded domestic market.

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Rising financing costs make deals harder to structure, exit markets are crowded, and firms now compete against each other to sell assets back into a less receptive public market.

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