Get to know Congestion better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like symptom or crowding.
Congestion meaning
- The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.
- An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.
Using Congestion
- The main meaning on this page is: The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding. | An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass. | The hindrance or blockage of the passage of something, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.
- Useful related words include: symptom, over-crowding, crowding.
- In the example corpus, congestion often appears in combinations such as: traffic congestion, congestion and, congestion on.
Context around Congestion
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Congestion
- In this selection, "congestion" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, traffic, network, explicit, charge, notification and avoidance stand out and add context to how "congestion" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 50 daily congestion charge to and a congestion charge is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "congestion" sits close to words such as brett, drill and rico, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with congestion
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Traffic congestion Bangkok is notorious for its traffic congestion. (9 words)
Traffic congestion main Typical traffic congestion in an urban freeway. (10 words)
This is more generally referred to as congestion control and/or network congestion avoidance. (14 words)
The state’s most severe congestion occurs on I-93 southbound between Mystic Valley Parkway in Medford to and the Fellsway in Medford at 7 a.m. — and that same stretch of pavement hosts the state’s fifth-worst congestion slightly later in the morning. (45 words)
He created it after an incident where a lady passed out during a train ride due to the congestion in the train and help was delayed because of the congestion in the train and the inefficiency of the train conductor. (40 words)
The economic costs of traffic congestion have increased 63% over the past decade, and despite the declining traffic volumes caused by the economic downturn, Americans still waste more than convert of fuel each year as a result of traffic congestion. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Negative network externalities can also occur, where more users make a product less valuable, but are more commonly referred to as "congestion" (as in traffic congestion or network congestion ).
The federal government approved New York City's congestion pricing proposal, which aims to reduce traffic congestion and fund mass transit systems.
A congestion charge is a daily fee charged to vehicles that drive into or park in congestion zones during regular business hours.
There is currently a major drive to cut congestion and air pollution and as a result as of 8 April, private hire vehicle drivers will have to pay the £11.50 daily congestion charge to drive in central London.
The state’s most severe congestion occurs on I-93 southbound between Mystic Valley Parkway in Medford to and the Fellsway in Medford at 7 a.m. — and that same stretch of pavement hosts the state’s fifth-worst congestion slightly later in the morning.
An example is Voice over IP (VoIP), which is used for interactive data voice exchange. ; Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)main: This field is defined in RFC 3168 and allows end-to-end notification of network congestion without dropping packets.
Cape Town suffers from the worst traffic congestion in South Africa. citation citation Using TomTom congestion index to graph South Africa's most congested cities.
He created it after an incident where a lady passed out during a train ride due to the congestion in the train and help was delayed because of the congestion in the train and the inefficiency of the train conductor.
In 2001, RFC 3168 was written to describe explicit congestion notification ( ECN ), a congestion avoidance signaling mechanism.
Packet loss is considered to be the result of network congestion and the congestion window size is reduced dramatically as a precaution.
The economic costs of traffic congestion have increased 63% over the past decade, and despite the declining traffic volumes caused by the economic downturn, Americans still waste more than convert of fuel each year as a result of traffic congestion.
This is more generally referred to as congestion control and/or network congestion avoidance.
Traffic congestion Bangkok is notorious for its traffic congestion.
Traffic congestion main Typical traffic congestion in an urban freeway.
Traffic congestion that overloads the freeway and network congestion over limited bandwidth both display negative network externalities.
A 5-10-minute halt at entry points will ensure smooth vehicular movement in the Himachal Pradesh capital reeling from acute traffic congestion during the peak tourist season.
According to Hyderabad Traffic Police, traffic congestion is expected around Lumbini Park and Upper Tank Bund between 2 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Sunday.
A crash involving four vehicles is causing heavy delays and congestion on the A228 Colt's Hill.
A group of taxi drivers approached him, demanding he move his motorcycle, citing traffic congestion.
AI is also applied to traffic management systems, optimizing routes to alleviate congestion and enhance overall transportation efficiency.
Common combinations with congestion
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- traffic congestion 42×
- congestion and 30×
- congestion on 22×
- the congestion 20×
- congestion in 18×
- and congestion 13×
- congestion charge 9×
- network congestion 8×
- congestion pricing 8×
- congestion to 7×