flood of visitors
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2.9
- noun
- The museum experienced a flood of visitors after the new exhibit was announced.
Examples
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Staff worked overtime to manage the flood of visitors arriving for the concert.
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A sudden flood of visitors overwhelmed the small coastal town during the festival.
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Wow! What a flood of visitors we had today!
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The museum experienced a flood of visitors last weekend.
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The museum prepared for the flood of visitors expected during the summer vacation.
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After the concert, there was a flood of visitors trying to exit the venue all at once.
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The new restaurant experienced a flood of visitors on its opening night.
Synonyms
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1.0
Many people or things are close together in one place
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4.1
A large number of people or things arriving at a place
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6.8
A very large amount of something that arrives at once
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7.2
A very large number of things that arrive at the same time
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2.8
An arrival of many people visiting a place for holidays
A large number of people who come to an event
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase's meaning is directly built from 'flood' (a sudden, excessive influx) combined with 'visitors' (people who come), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer a large number arriving in a short time. The 'X of Y' construction is a regular, cross-linguistic metaphorical extension and follows standard English composition patterns, making it transparent.
Etymology
Flood of visitors uses the image of a sudden water flood that rushes in and covers a place. If visitors come like that, they fill and overwhelm the place quickly, so the phrase means 'a very large number of people arriving quickly'.