congested
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4.4
- adjective
- /kənˈdʒɛstɪd/
:
congestionado
- The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world's most congested international waterways.
- congested areas
- congested roads
- become congested
The only way that TCP knows that a network is congested is when packets are lost.
- The only way that TCP knows that a network is congested is when packets are lost.
- Cars powered by petrol and diesel will still choke congested roads in the world's great cities.
- That is, they're perfectly willing to route all the traffic along the most congested link in the Internet, OK.
- We so don't think about what it would feel like in an isolated or very congested slum area.
- These would in fact be camps of some kind, and the living arrangements would necessarily be cramped, crowded, congested, confined.
- They're in like non congested areas, like plenty of parking lot.
- It is so hot and congested out here where there's more land and clean air.
- So what you're really paying for when you get a good truck driver is, you know, like I said, you get those kind of local skills of like backing and and and congested traffic.
Examples
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It happens when traffic gets so congested, not even a green light means move.
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The city center is often congested with traffic during rush hour, making it hard to cross the streets.
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Although still expensive, such vehicles are likely to become attractive in congested urban areas.
Academic text (1990) -
With every family owning about three cars, the roads can get a bit congested.
Academic text (1995) -
After that horrible day, the family must spend the night in the congested confines of a small business hotel room.
Academic text (1997) -
Then the two men were gone, swept up in the congested flow of anonymous faces and scuffling feet.
Fiction book (1990) -
Cars powered by petrol and diesel will still choke congested roads in the world's great cities.
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Antoinette stopped abruptly when someone brushed against her in the congested hallway.
Fiction book (1998) -
Taipei's remarkable metamorphosis from a dirty and congested city into a world-class metropolis may be traced largely to his administration.
Academic text (2002) -
Subsequent governmental efforts focused on widening the congested beachfronts of Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
222
1.0
Full of too many people to move or sit comfortably
33
1.3
Full of people with no room left
18
3.1
Too many people or things in a place so it feels uncomfortable
14
3.7
Very full and crowded with almost no space
6
2.8
Stopped from moving or flowing because something is blocking it
1
4.6
Unable to move because of very heavy traffic
1
2.3
Full of people or things with no space left
1
7.9
Completely full of people or things
Antonyms
How Crowded
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Congested comes from Latin parts con- ('together') and gerere ('to carry'), originally meaning 'piled up', and the same root appears in digest. So when a road or place is congested, things are 'piled up' and movement becomes slow or difficult.