congestion
/kənˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/
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Northern England/kʊnˈd͡ʒɛʃ.d͡ʒən/
congestion noun: an accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.
Noun
congestion (countable and uncountable, plural congestions)
- An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.
- network congestion
- Blocking up of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hypermic, active or passive.
- arterial congestion
- venous congestion
- An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.
- traffic congestion
- The crossing caused serious congestion with long traffic hold-ups, and had been a bone of contention between the local authorities and the railway for over eighty years. It was controlled from Fletton Road Junction Signalbox (removed at the same time) and, until a wheel was installed in 1920...1959 April, C. R. Clinker and R. A. Dane, “The Railways of Peterborough”, in Railway Magazine, page 230
- An excess of mucus or fluid in the respiratory system; congestion of the lungs, or nasal congestion.
- Edema, water retention, swelling, enlargement of a body part because of fluid retention in tissues and vessels.
congestion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
congestion in Hindi
- congestion
- यातायात yātāyāt
congestion in Tamil
- நெரிசல், இரத்தச் சேர்க்கை, குருதித் திரட்சி, இறுக்கம், திரளை, குருதி விம்மல்
congestion in Urdu
- excess of traffic
- بھیڑ bhīṛ, بھیڑ بھاڑ bhīṛ bhāṛ
congestion in Malayalam
- തിങ്ങിനിറഞ്ഞ, സാന്ദ്രത, നിബിഡത
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- congestion in Kannada
- ದಟ್ಟಣೆ, ಕಿಕ್ಕಿರಿದಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಕಟ್ಟಿರುವಿಕೆ, ತುಂಬಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವುದು
- congestion in Arabic
- اِحْتِقَان iḥtiqān
- congestion in Persian
- ازدحام ezdehâm
Examples of congestion in a sentence
- congestion of the lungs
- The crossing caused serious congestion with long traffic hold-ups, and had been a bone of contention between the local authorities and the railway for over eighty years.1959 April, C. R. Clinker and R. A. Dane, “The Railways of Peterborough”, in Railway Magazine, page 230:
Forms of congestion
| plural | congestions |
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Origin of congestion
From late Middle English congestioun, from Old French [Term?], from Latin congestĭō (“heap, accumulation”), from congerō (“to bring together, accumulate, heap up”), formed by the root gerō (“to carry”) and the prefix con-.
Words formed from congestion
Phrases with congestion
Questions about congestion
- What does congestion mean?
- Congestion means an accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.
- What is congestion in Hindi?
- Congestion in Hindi is यातायात (yātāyāt). See Congestion meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use congestion in a sentence?
- congestion of the lungs
- What part of speech is congestion?
- Congestion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce congestion?
- Congestion is pronounced /kənˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of congestion?
- The plural of congestion is congestions.
Words near congestion in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: congestion (page history and authors); यातायात (Hindi) (page history and authors); congestion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); congestion (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); congestion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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