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WordBand 6.5–7.5Toofey picks
congestion
/kənˈdʒɛstʃən/
noun
A situation in which a place is too full or crowded, especially with traffic.
- “Traffic congestion wastes time and fuel.”Toofey
- “We were delayed by traffic congestion, so we had to hurry.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))