over-crowding

Thân thiện

The bus is stuck in traffic due to over-crowding on the main road.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Excessive crowding: The state or condition where there are too many people or things in a single space, exceeding its comfortable or safe capacity.

Usage

• The word "over-crowding" is used to describe a problematic situation of extreme density, typically in public or shared spaces. It implies a negative consequence of having too many occupants, such as discomfort, health risks, or system failure.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The over-crowding in the city's prisons has become a major human rights concern.
  • Over-crowding on public transport during rush hour makes commuting very unpleasant.

Advanced Usage

• "to lead to over-crowding": to cause a situation of excessive crowding.
  • Rapid urbanization without adequate housing often leads to over-crowding in slums.
• "problems associated with over-crowding": the issues that arise from excessive crowding.
  • The report detailed the health problems associated with over-crowding in refugee camps.

Variants and Related Words

• Overcrowd (verb): to cause over-crowding; to fill beyond capacity.
  • The popular event overcrowded the small venue.
• Crowded (adjective): full of people or things.
  • The beach was very crowded.
• Congestion (noun): the state of being overcrowded or blocked, especially with traffic.
  • The traffic congestion in the city center is terrible.

Synonyms

• Congestion: overcrowding and blocking, especially of traffic.
• Overpopulation: an excessive population in an area relative to its resources.
• Packing: filling a space tightly (often informal).

Antonyms

• Spaciousness: the quality of having ample space.
• Emptiness: the state of containing nothing or no one.

Related Phrases

• At capacity: completely full, often the point just before over-crowding occurs.
  • The stadium was at capacity for the final match.
• Beyond capacity: exceeding the intended or safe limit; a state of over-crowding.
  • The school is operating beyond capacity, with students in temporary classrooms.

Học thuật

Noun

1. excessive crowding
   • traffic congestion

Từ đồng nghĩa

• congestion