A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
Used in a Sentence
crowds
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for crowds.
Editorial note
Specialization means you can have a good job market without the crowds causing traffic jams and running up the cost of living.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of crowds gathered in one view.
Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for crowds.
noun
A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
noun
Several things collected or closely pressed together; also, some things adjacent to each other.
noun
A group of people united or at least characterised by a common interest.
noun
(with definite article) The so-called lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar.
Example sentences
Specialization means you can have a good job market without the crowds causing traffic jams and running up the cost of living.
Levelling the playing field is not only a reason for pleasing the crowds (which happens sometimes) but also a way to assert what the competition is for.
Although, just like with football crowds, the genuine racists do then get to ride in the slip-stream.
Reminds me of the Psychology of Crowds work Aggregate Knowledge is doing (per an earlier post on Kleiner Perkins).
By February 5, angry crowds of driving were brawling in the street with the police and torching independent cab cars.
Being away from crowds/touristy areas, the concrete jungle, light/noise/air pollution really puts a lot of your life and problems into perspective.
The first rule for near constant warfare, get the flags out, get the crowds chanting....
The right answer is for users to go back to a self-hosted model, which will never happen because people follow crowds instinctively.
This appears to be somewhat mitigated with older crowds, which leads me to believe that it may just be a maturity factor.
Public performance in particular enables one to overcome lots of fears and be able to talk in front of both crowds and executives.
Landon Donovan is a superstar that brings in the crowds to LA Galaxy.
Default subs are just faceless crowds that don't have much of a community.
Quote examples
As James Surowiecki makes clear in his book "The Wisdom Of Crowds", the wisdom is only apparent in situations where the people are not able to talk to each other.
Given how bad the public reaction has been, if it was something "quite bad", one would think they would tell people about it so as to pacify the crowds.
Christ, how did anyone like this person before you opened my eyes?" It always reminds me of crowds at the town hall in the Simpsons who are 100% swayed by every speaker at the podium.
Agreed, many landlords seem to feel like the trouble is a mere few months away, although often any attempt at getting them to discuss how they arrived at that conclusion gets something like "I just know it." So one wonders about the whole "wisdom of the crowds" or "herd" in this case, and whether or not they can sense something that isn't showing up in other indicators.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use crowds in a sentence?
Specialization means you can have a good job market without the crowds causing traffic jams and running up the cost of living.
What does crowds mean?
A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
What part of speech is crowds?
crowds is commonly used as noun.