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KROWD/kraʊd/

Picture a platform at rush hour: that mass of people is a crowd. A crowd of fans, push through the crowd. Group is smaller and calmer; crowd suggests numbers and often noise. Crowded is the adjective: a crowded bus. Avoid “a crowd people” — say a crowd of people.

Meaning

A large group of people in one place.

Examples

• “A crowd waited at the station.”
• “Police asked the crowd to move back.”
• “A crowd gathered outside the cinema.”

Good to know

a crowd of + people. Adjective: crowded. Smaller: group.

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