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crowd

noun [+ sing/pl verb]
 
 
/kraʊd/

Definition

A2 [C] a large group of people who have come together: A crowd of about 15,000 attended the concert.Groups of peopleAudiences and spectators [S] informal a group of friends or a group of people with similar interests: She goes around with a friendly crowd. "Who was there?" "Oh, the usual crowd."Friends, acquaintances and contemporariesGroups of people
(Definition of crowd noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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