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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - overspill

 
 

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Overspill

overspill
~ n BrE people who move out of a big city because there are too many people living there, and go to live in new houses outside the city  (a new town built to accommodate London's overspill)
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  1. Overspill is used to refer to people who live near a city because there is no room in the city itself. (BRIT) ...new towns built to absorb overspill from nearby cities. N-UNCOUNT: also a N, oft N n 2. You can use overspill to refer to things or people which there is no room for in the usual place because it is full. With the best seats taken, it was ruled that the overspill could stand at the back of the court. N-UNCOUNT: also a N ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
   noun  Date: 1884  1. the act or an instance of spilling over  2. chiefly British the movement of excess urban population into less crowded areas ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
  n. 1 what is spilt over or overflows. 2 the surplus population leaving a country or city to live elsewhere. ...
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  1. переливание через край 2. жидкость, перелившаяся через край 3. избыток 4. излишек населения, публики an overspill meeting —- участники митинга, которым не хватило места ...
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  noun  1) то, что пролито  2) (эмигрирующий) избыток населения ...
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