o·ver·crowd

(ō′vər-kroud′)

v. o·ver·crowd·ed, o·ver·crowd·ing, o·ver·crowds

v.tr.

To cause to be excessively crowded: a system of consolidation that only overcrowded the classrooms.

v.intr.

To crowd together excessively.

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overcrowding

(ˌəʊvəˈkraʊdɪŋ)

a state of being filled with more people or things than is desirable; congestion

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Translations

إكْتِظاظ، إزْدِحام

overbefolkning

Überfüllung

surpeuplement

túlnépesedés

òaî aî vera of òéttbÿll/mannmargur

sovraffollamento superaffollamento

preľudnenosť

aşırı kalabalık olma

拥挤

overcrowding

[ˌəʊvəˈkraʊdɪŋ] N [of housing, prison] → hacinamiento m; [of bus, train] → abarrotamiento m; [of town] → superpoblación f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

overcrowding

[ˌəʊvə^rˈkraʊdɪŋ] n

(in prisons) → surpeuplement m
prison overcrowding → le surpeuplement des prisons
There is serious overcrowding in our prisons → Il y a un sérieux problème de surpeuplement dans nos prisons.

(on trains) → affluence f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

overcrowding

[ˌəʊvəˈkraʊdɪŋ] n (in prison, housing) → sovraffollamento; (in bus) → calca

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

overcrowded

(əuvəˈkraudid) adjective

having too many people on or in. overcrowded buses/cities.

ˌoverˈcrowding noun

the state of being overcrowded. There is often overcrowding in cities.

overcrowding

n hacinamiento

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It braced him, and drove away his gloomy fits, whilst his sympathies were kept awake and his indignation maintained at an exhilarating pitch by the sufferings of the poor, who, unable to afford fires or skating, warmed themselves in such sweltering heat as overcrowding produces in all seasons.

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Now, with this fresh influx of noblemen and cavaliers, food and lodging were scarce to be had, and the prince was hurrying forward his forces to Dax in Gascony to relieve the overcrowding of his capital.

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121 classrooms to be built in Huye to address overcrowding

The organisation said that local prisons - which tend to hold prisoners on short sentences, awaiting sentence, on remand awaiting trial or awaiting transfer to another prison category - are under the most pressure from overcrowding.

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The Supreme Court has taken up a suo moto case about conditions of inmates in the country's prisons due to overcrowding. For the court's assistance, Federal Ombudsman office, has submitted through senior counsel Hafiz Ahsaan Ahmad Khokhar a report on the statistics of prisons, which may be the document needed to stir political attention towards the need to provide more funding to prisons.

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SINN Fein has blasted the Health Minister for not addressing the overcrowding crisis at a hospital.

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ATES of overcrowding in rented housing have hit a record high across England and Wales.

The BIG SQUEEZE on generation rent

the million over Overcrowding is more than six times higher in social housing than among homeowners

The BIG SQUEEZE on generation rent

Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, said: "The failure to build enough social homes, combined with rising private rents and onslaught of welfare Overcrowding than six times in social among ean are cuts, has seen overcrowding sky-rocket in the last decade.

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A recent report titled "Addressing Overcrowding in Prisons by Reducing Pre-Conviction Detention in Pakistan" that has been developed by the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) in collaboration with Cursor for Development and Education Pakistan (CODE) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), says Pakistan's prisons are holding up to 57% more prisoners than their authorized capacity, leading to overcrowding that has had an adverse effect on the living conditions of both detainees and staff.

Pakistan jails massively overcrowded, as govt yet to address the issue

Residents have repeatedly raised their concerns and according to them, overcrowding is one of the main reasons of the issue.

People drying laundry in public in Dubai's International City

The percentage of overcrowding of housing in Bulgaria in urban and rural areas is very high compared to the average for the EU-28 countries.

Eurostat: Half of the Bulgarians Living in the Cities Occupy Overcrowded Housing