I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a capacity crowd (= the largest number of people that can fit in a place )
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A capacity crowd of 40,000 turned up at the stadium.
a football crowd
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We got caught up in a noisy football crowd.
appreciative audience/crowd
crowd control
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Police used fire hoses and dogs for crowd control .
crowd gathered
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A crowd gathered to watch the fight.
crowd pleaser
crowd puller
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The exhibition has been a big crowd puller.
crowded (= with a lot of people )
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The streets get very crowded at weekends.
crowded
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In the summer the beaches get very crowded.
enthusiastic crowd/audience
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It’s nice to see such an enthusiastic crowd at the match.
home team/game/crowd/club etc
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The home team took the lead after 25 minutes.
overcrowded/crowded conditions
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Families here are living in dirty, overcrowded conditions.
sellout crowd
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a sellout crowd of 32,000
stood out in a crowd
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She always stood out in a crowd .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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In the postwar euphoria big crowds flocked regularly to the Oval to see the attacking cricket on which Surridge insisted.
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Moore has never brought in big crowds on her own.
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They bring out the big crowds which stimulate the competition.
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Our guys respond well to big crowds .
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Pavements are wide and there's room for a big , happy crowd .
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Fifty was a big crowd for a University of Connecticut game.
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There's another high bore tommorrow - when big weekend crowds are expected to line the banks to watch the surfing spectacular.
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This was their biggest crowd of the summer.
huge
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It attracts huge crowds to exhibitions and fetches high prices at auctions in New York, London and Paris.
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Stephenson drew huge , rabid crowds on his barnstorming tours of the Indiana countryside.
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The huge crowd spontaneously broke into applause.
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Stores all over Paris were mobbed Friday, with huge crowds massing outside stores even before opening time.
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Today, huge crowds gathered to watch John and girlfriend Jill Morrell launch their new book in Oxford.
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There was a huge crowd there.
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Royal Ascot would otherwise not be able to go ahead next Tuesday unless huge crowd restrictions were introduced.
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Then a day after being called up he picks up his first-ever win in front of a huge crowd .
large
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Very large crowds attended on the Friday, although not as vast as on the first day.
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Because of the large crowd expected, the city moved it from the A.L.
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Clubs did not compete with one another to attract larger crowds by reducing their prices.
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His patronage to confessors is attributed to the large crowds he attracted to the confessionals.
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Is it having people looking at you or having to speak to a large crowd when you have never done that before?
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His voice was vigorous and his tone was sharp as he spoke to large crowds at two campaign rallies.
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Otherwise, the plush arena and a large crowd might prove too much to handle.
sellout
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The sellout Forum crowd stood and applauded while play commenced.
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The sellout crowd of 19,925 certainly enjoyed watching Iverson score 47 points on 17-for-33 shooting in 44 minutes.
small
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Two lorries crammed with riot policemen arrived and fired tear-gas canisters, rapidly dispersing the small crowd , which included news photographers.
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A small crowd of living stood watching the growing crowd of dead.
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A small crowd gathered in the street and was watching through the shattered window.
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They came upon a small crowd gathered around a long wooden table that had posters of Sophia Loren hanging along the front.
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There was already a small crowd around the screaming child.
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To his chagrin, only a small crowd turned out to watch him.
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A small crowd had gathered, craning their necks towards David, and muttering.
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There was a small crowd of people around.
■ NOUN
capacity
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They didn't get the 60,000 capacity crowd .
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Her body was worn out from performing to a capacity crowd at Town Hall.
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There was a highly enthusiastic capacity crowd .
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The match will be all-ticket with an anticipated 25,000 capacity crowd and distribution arrangements will be announced shortly.
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A capacity crowd of 40,000 turned up.
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But there were no complaints from the capacity crowd at Darlington Civic Theatre on opening night.
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We haven't got the capacity crowd we expected.
control
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Nearly 400 road marshals will be involved in crowd control .
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He saw the storm-troopers practising karate, crowd control , baton practice and their skills with the knife and knuckleduster.
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The cop who'd collected her had been a crowd control unit, the full cyborg.
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Second, it gets a head start on the crowd control that the rest of the service will require.
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Lancashire introduced extra crowd control measures for the Test and the one-day international.
home
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The home crowd use other crossing points.
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He played before home crowds of 5, 000 for three coaches on teams that never won more than they lost.
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The home crowd definitely helped us.
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The first try came after five minutes and prompted a cheerful roar from the home crowd .
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A novelty for the home crowd at reserve matches in 1924-25 was music from gramophone records broadcast through a loudspeaker.
■ VERB
address
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Sukarno began to tour Java, addressing massive crowds on the theme of the awakening of national consciousness.
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Leaders of the opposition coalition Zajedno, or Together, address the crowd .
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Finbar O'Doherty was cheered loudly when he mounted the stairway to address the crowd .
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DiMaggio did not address the crowd , but when he lifted his arms to receive their cheers, no words were necessary.
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A mixture of sorrow and jubilation punctuated the voices of those who addressed the crowds .
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In addition to addressing the crowds as he journeyed through Galilee and around Jerusalem, he drew aside to be with his closest associates.
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He addressed a crowd of his civilian supporters at Baabda on Oct. 12, when he only narrowly escaped an assassination attempt.
attract
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Models were attracting crowds unseen for years.
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He must have suspected that a Madness gig would attract a football crowd .
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To attract crowds large enough to fill up the ornate space, big spectacles were de rigueur.
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Clubs did not compete with one another to attract larger crowds by reducing their prices.
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Cole attracted crowds to Fillmore clubs.
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It attracts huge crowds to exhibitions and fetches high prices at auctions in New York, London and Paris.
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If the band don't attract a sell-out crowd , the promoter's risk has been minimized.
bring
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They bring out the big crowds which stimulate the competition.
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She brought the crowd to its feet after both her floor exercise and her vault, drawing team-high scores in both.
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Tell him to bring a crowd of law officers and a local judge to the inn.
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Somehow, in a quiet, under-stated way, Frank could always bring a crowd .
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And then in the final minute came the try that brought the crowd to their feet.
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Moore has never brought in big crowds on her own.
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Ripley brought the crowd to their feet with his stunning winner.
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Umphrey brought roars from the crowd with an exciting high bar routine.
cheer
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A till was hurled out into the cheering crowd , followed by burgers, potato chips and furniture.
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President Kennedy was welcomed in the summer of 1962 by a cheering crowd estimated at more than 1 million.
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Along the route they were greeted by cheering crowds and doused with rose water.
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It would certainly cheer up this crowd and give everyone something to talk about for the next week.
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Then he urged the cheering crowd to go out and prove the naysayers wrong and bring their friends to revivals.
disperse
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Two lorries crammed with riot policemen arrived and fired tear-gas canisters, rapidly dispersing the small crowd , which included news photographers.
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Tense soldiers detonated concussion grenades in an effort to disperse the crowds .
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Police used tear-gas, electric batons and sticks to disperse the crowds , arresting 20.
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Federal troops were used to disperse a crowd that tried to storm the jail.
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Several demonstrators were badly injured as police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd in Revolution Square last Saturday.
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They dispersed a crowd of whites and seized weapons in the black section of town.
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Police used water cannon to disperse a crowd on Portadown's Corcrain estate.
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We dispersed the crowds away from the area.
draw
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The railway draws a strange crowd before morning.
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Its summer concerts, featuring such stars as Harry Belafonte and Boz Scaggs, draw crowds .
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Henrietta's choral society concert draws a good crowd despite a dodgy venue in the backstreets of Catford.
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It drew the crowds , I guess.
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The Legionnaires march drew a large crowd of veterans, their families and some students.
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Despite their current run of bad luck, the Giants are drawing record crowds at Scottsdale Stadium.
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The all-Ireland press team should draw quite a crowd .
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Roz always drew attention in a crowd .
expect
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Organisers expect the crowds this year easily to exceed the record attendance of 170,000 over four days in 1992.
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The evening gets started early at 7: 30 p. m. and sells out early, with an expected crowd of 320.
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Sunderland also expect a big crowd for Friday night's £5,000 marathon challenge match.
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In its first season this summer, it has played to slightly larger-than-\#expected crowds .
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The Scarlets are expecting a capacity 14,500 crowd to bring in around £70,000.
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But like others, she expects an overwhelming crowd .
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Middlesbrough have sold their full 4,000 allocation and Wolves expect a 20,000 crowd .
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An expected crowd of 250 will join Latin Jazz band Manteca and guests in a champagne toast at midnight.
gather
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It was the one pub where students could be guaranteed not to gather in jabbering crowds: the reason was the clientele.
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Chutra seemed ambivalent about the perpetually gathering crowds .
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Their conversation was gathering a small crowd .
mingle
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She mingled with the crowds of young, untidy foreigners who lounged around the base of the statue in Piccadilly Circus.
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And a short chubby woman with thick pebble-glass spectacles, Mary Dunn, mingled with the crowd .
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For a few minutes longer, she mingled with the crowd , exchanging a word here and there.
stand
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Yanto was one of those men who stood out in a crowd .
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A small crowd of living stood watching the growing crowd of dead.
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Nisodemus stood slightly ahead of the crowd , holding his hands in the air.
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Irvin stood before the crowd at Texas Stadium that day and blistered the fans who ripped Switzer.
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They stood amid the station crowds , arguing.
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Primo and the man stand facing the crowd .
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She had stood out in the crowd even amongst the beautiful beach children of San Francisco.
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And I was standing over with the crowd of my brothers and sisters.
tell
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Ten minutes later Castro reappeared and told the crowd he would finish his speech on television that same evening.
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One of the security guys started telling the crowd a lot of otter stories.
watch
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Southworth had his head turned, watching the crowds .
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A small crowd of living stood watching the growing crowd of dead.
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Then, as she watched , the crowd parted and a man came towards her.
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The fight was between five men who were being watched by a screaming crowd of about 60 onlookers.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
close/packed/crowded etc together
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The Beastline were standing close together , silhouetted against the sky.
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The main street in Lincoln is narrow, and the little houses are close together .
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These horses show relaxed, peaceful outlines, with friends standing particularly close together .
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They stood close together in silence, listening.
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Though they are close together on the couch, there is in fact a chasm between them.
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We draw close together to complete our plans.
follow the herd/crowd
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All they get is sad sheep for fans ... who just follow the crowd - try and be uncontroversial.
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But Viroli is not one simply to follow the herd.
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I follow the crowd back to a coffee shop.
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The only advice from Miss Doris was to follow the crowd.
two's company, three's a crowd
two's company, three's a crowd
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a crowd of angry protesters
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A crowd of reporters were waiting for her at the airport.
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a football crowd
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A huge crowd gathered to hear Mandela speak.
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An enormous crowd gathered to watch the parade.
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He wasn't with his usual crowd last night.
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I don't go to football games because I don't like big crowds.
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I guess the usual crowd will be at the party.
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I walked down Regent Street, with its crowds of tourists and Christmas shoppers.
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It may be necessary to change your child's school if they get in with a bad crowd .
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The exhibition is expected to attract large crowds of visitors.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But in the winter, cluster flies aggregate in thick black crowds jammed into cracks and crannies inside the house.
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He braced as he was swallowed up by the adoring crowd and swept toward the door by the moving mass.
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I turned back towards the crowd .
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I watched as he found Doriot and hand in hand they moved more deeply into the crowd .
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Immobile among the moving crowd , he stood there and watched.
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In this frigid season, crowds lined up to buy sugar, milk, chocolate and potatoes.
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It is surprising that no crowd reaction to the miracle is given.
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Teenagers with sporty slogans on the back of their jackets sat attentively amid the rest of the crowd .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
people
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I was anxious to get out as it was stifling in there with no ventilation and all these people crowded in.
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On the allotted day, some forty people crowded into an upstairs office at Vernon Yard.
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Another 2, 000 people crowded the lobby.
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When he stood for Parliament numbers of poor people crowded round the hustings demanding the payment of outstanding bills.
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The fights in Seattle were broken up with pepper spray when as many as 4,000 people crowded into the streets.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
close/packed/crowded etc together
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The Beastline were standing close together , silhouetted against the sky.
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The main street in Lincoln is narrow, and the little houses are close together .
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These horses show relaxed, peaceful outlines, with friends standing particularly close together .
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They stood close together in silence, listening.
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Though they are close together on the couch, there is in fact a chasm between them.
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We draw close together to complete our plans.
two's company, three's a crowd
two's company, three's a crowd
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A jumble of confused thoughts crowded my brain.
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A large group of people crowded around the screaming child.
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Angry protesters crowded the courthouse steps.
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Fans crowded around the rear entrance of the concert hall, hoping to catch a glimpse of the band.
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Shoppers crowded the town market.
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Stop crowding me! I need time to make this decision.
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Stop crowding me! There's plenty of room.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An increase in the number of locally-issued debt could push yields higher by crowding out demand for government bonds.