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crowd

/kˈɹaʊd/KROWD
/kˈɹaʊd/KROWD

Meaningthrong

Common meaning: large group of people

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishcroda‘throng’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishcroudensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsthrong → large group of peoplecrowd‘large group of people’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English croda ‘throng’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CROWD, p. 144 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • croda Old English “throng”

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