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# congestion

«congestion» in Mova's school dictionary: **Too many cars or people in one place, so movement is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (congestion, uncountable); adjective congested

### meaning for a pupil

1) Too many cars or people in one place, so movement is slow, like traffic congestion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congestion/#m1)

2) A blocked feeling in the nose or chest from a cold, with too much mucus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congestion/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and citizenship lessons it comes up with traffic, pollution and city planning (London's "congestion charge"). In health, a cold can cause nasal congestion. Phrases: "traffic congestion", "congestion charge", "nasal congestion".

### examples

- There was heavy congestion on the motorway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congestion/#x1)
- London has a congestion charge to cut traffic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congestion/#x2)
- Bikes and buses can help reduce congestion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congestion/#x3)
- I have a cold with nasal congestion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congestion/#x4)
- The steam helped clear my congestion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congestion/#x5)
- Congestion at the school gate makes it unsafe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congestion/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: "a lot of congestion", not "a congestion". Adjective: congested ("congested roads", "a congested nose").

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «congestion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congestion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.