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crowded

American  
[krou-did] / ˈkraʊ dɪd /

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

Etymology

Origin of crowded

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

Example Sentences

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Though it has become a crowded field, in 2015 Alphabet’s Google was the first to make its own custom chips for AI: The Tensor Processing Unit, or TPU.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

This makes it a welcome passenger on lazy day trips or late-night drives, and a generally acceptable ambient addition to crowded good times.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

And that number may dramatically understate the potential for space to get a lot more crowded.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Relatives of the 57 people who died in Greece's worst ever train disaster crowded into a courtroom on Wednesday, demanding justice for the victims.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

At last a train pulled into the station and we crowded eagerly to it, but it was for military personnel only.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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