cramming

Collocations

5

ADJ.

all, beyond, far, final, next, pure, rigorous, tired

VERB + CRAMMING

goes, overslept, planning, spent

CRAMMING + NOUN

afternoon, dictionary, finals, material, night, opinions

PREP.

after, after, down, into, on, than

ADV.

only, simply

Definitions

noun

1

The act by which something is crammed, or stuffed full.

In some parts of the house were all the comforts of elbowings, shufflings, crammings and squeezings, and on the outside all the racket that was possible of screaming women, and wrangling coachmen […]

2

An intensive course of hard study, as for an examination.

And, what with innumerable numbers of stiff and stiffer and stiffest competitions and examinations and crammings and general papers bristling at all angles, […]

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In some parts of the house were all the comforts of elbowings, shufflings, crammings and squeezings, and on the outside all the racket that was possible of screaming women, and wrangling coachmen […]

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And, what with innumerable numbers of stiff and stiffer and stiffest competitions and examinations and crammings and general papers bristling at all angles, […]

Wiktionary

03

All those who made the grade in entering that school could not have done so only by cramming.

Tatoeba · #65462

04

He spent all night cramming for the test.

Tatoeba · #293841

05

Midterm exams are next week. Just cramming the night before won't get you ready. The time to start studying is now.

Tatoeba · #325052

06

Tom is now cramming for the finals.

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