crowd

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈkɹæʊ̯d/ UK /ˈkɹaʊ̯d/ See IPA manual

Freq #1278

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1

noun
A large number of people gathered together in one place.

A huge crowd gathered to watch the parade.
2

verb
To gather together in large numbers in a place.

Fans crowded around the entrance, hoping to see the singer.
3

noun
A particular group of friends or people with shared interests.

She still hangs out with the same crowd from school.

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2 verb · to gather together in large... throng swarmcrowd together

3 noun · a particular group of... gang

More assemblage audiencebecrowdcongregation flock group horde huddle legion mass multitude press

Word family

Forms crowdingcrowds

Derived forms anticrowdcrowd-killcrowd-pleasercrowd-pleasingcrowd-poisoningcrowd-pullercrowd-sourcecrowdercrowdestcrowdfactoringcrowdfundcrowdfunding

Related forms assemble masses populace public

From Middle English crouden, from Old English crūdan, from Proto-West Germanic *krūdan, from Proto-Germanic *krūdaną, *kreudaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *grewt- (“to push; press”). Cognate with German Low German kroden (“to push, shove”), Dutch kruien (“to push, shove”). (group of people, mob): Compare typologically throng (<<~ Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną); Czech dav (akin to Russian дави́ть (davítʹ), да́вка (dávka)); Polish ciżba, ścisk (<~ ciskać, akin to ти́скать (tískatʹ)); Polish tłok, Russian толчея́ (tolčejá) (akin to толка́ть (tolkátʹ)).

crouden Middle English crūdan Old English *krūdan Proto-West Germanic *krūdaną Proto-Germanic *grewt- Proto-Indo-European

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# crowd

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɹæʊ̯d/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɹaʊ̯d/
**Frequency rank:** 1278

## Meanings
1. A large number of people gathered together in one place.
2. To gather together in large numbers in a place.
3. A particular group of friends or people with shared interests.

## Examples
- A huge crowd gathered to watch the parade.
- Fans crowded around the entrance, hoping to see the singer.
- She still hangs out with the same crowd from school.

## Synonyms
- assemblage
- audience
- becrowd
- congregation
- flock
- group
- horde
- huddle
- legion
- mass
- multitude
- press

## Derived Forms
- anticrowd
- crowd-kill
- crowd-pleaser
- crowd-pleasing
- crowd-poisoning
- crowd-puller
- crowd-source
- crowder
- crowdest
- crowdfactoring
- crowdfund
- crowdfunding

## Related Forms
- assemble
- masses
- populace
- public

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: crouden
- Root: crūdan
- Root: *krūdan
- Root: *krūdaną
- Root: *grewt-

## Etymology
From Middle English crouden, from Old English crūdan, from Proto-West Germanic *krūdan, from Proto-Germanic *krūdaną, *kreudaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *grewt- (“to push; press”). Cognate with German Low German kroden (“to push, shove”), Dutch kruien (“to push, shove”). (group of people, mob): Compare typologically throng (<<~ Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną); Czech dav (akin to Russian дави́ть (davítʹ), да́вка (dávka)); Polish ciżba, ścisk (<~ ciskać, akin to ти́скать (tískatʹ)); Polish tłok, Russian толчея́ (tolčejá) (akin to толка́ть (tolkátʹ)).

## AI Etymology
crowd comes from Middle English crouden, from Old English crūdan, from Proto-West Germanic *krūdan, from Proto-Germanic *krūdaną, *kreudaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *grewt- (“to push; press”). Cognate with German Low German kroden (“to push, shove”), Dutch kruien (“to push, shove”). (group of people, mob): Compare typologically throng (<<~ Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną); Czech dav (akin to Russian дави́ть (davítʹ), да́вка (dávka)); Polish ciżba, ścisk (<~ ciskać, akin to ти́скать (tískatʹ)); Polish tłok, Russian толчея́ (tolčejá) (akin to толка́ть (tolkátʹ)). Current senses include A large number of people gathered together in one place and to gather together in large numbers in a place. English relatives and later formations include anticrowd, crowd-kill, crowd-pleaser, assemble, masses.

## Topics
- People & Society

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