overcrowding

English

Verb

overcrowding

1. present participle of overcrowd

Noun

overcrowding (countable and uncountable, plural overcrowdings)

1. The situation where a space holds more occupants than it can comfortably accommodate.
   • 2019 October 23, “Industry Insider: Continued rail growth”, in Rail, page 72:

     Department for Transport statistics show that since 2010 overcrowding in the morning peak at 11 cities has risen by 48%, to reach 280,000 standing passengers daily.

Translations

having more occupants than can be accommodated

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人滿為患／人满为患 (zh) (rénmǎnwéihuàn), 人满为患 (zh) (rénmǎnwéihuàn)

• Finnish: ruuhka (fi), tungos (fi), ylikansoitus (fi)
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• Portuguese: sobrelotação f
• Russian: переполне́ние (ru) n (perepolnénije), перенаселе́ние (ru) n (perenaselénije) (overpopulation)
• Swedish: trångboddhet c, överbeläggning