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crowd1 S2 W2
1 [countable] a large group of people who have gathered together to do something, for example to watch something or protest about something There were crowds of shoppers in the street. Saturday's game was watched by a capacity crowd (=the maximum number of people that a sports ground etc can hold).
There were crowds of shoppers in the street.Saturday's game was watched by a capacity crowd (=the maximum number of people that a sports ground etc can hold).2 [singular] informal a group of people who know each other, work together etc : I didn't know him; he wasn't one of the usual crowd.
I didn't know him; he wasn't one of the usual crowd.3 ordinary people, not unusual in any way : You have to do things exceptionally well to stand out from the crowd (=be different from ordinary people).
the crowd
You have to do things exceptionally well to stand out from the crowd (=be different from ordinary people).