- 1[countable] a large number of people gathered together in a public place, for example in the streets or at a sports game He pushed his way through the crowd. A small crowd had gathered outside the church. Police had to break up the crowd. Crowds of people poured into the street. I want to get there early to avoid the crowds. The match attracted a capacity crowd of 80,000. The crowd cheered the winning hit. crowd control crowd trouble A whole crowd of us are going to the club (= a lot of us). He left the hotel surrounded by crowds of journalists.
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- 2[countable] (informal) (often disapproving) a particular group of people Bob introduced her to some of his usual crowd (= people who often meet each other).
- 3the crowd [singular] (sometimes disapproving) ordinary people, not special or unusual in any way We all like to think we stand out from the crowd (= are different from and better than other people). He prefers to be one of the crowd. She's quite happy to follow the crowd. Idioms
used to suggest that it is better to be in a group of only two people than have a third person with you as well
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