cram

CEFRB2

/kɹæm/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To put many things into a small space.

  2. 02

    verb

    To study a lot in a short time.

Examples

  • I'm against us forcing the child to go to cram school.

  • My cram school is a long way from here.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.

  2. To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.

  3. To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.

More examples

In context

  • to cram fruit into a basket; to cram a room with people

  • The boy crammed himself with cake

  • But you still need to check in with the Arch Linux community now and then to make sure that none of their crazy shit is going to be crammed down your throat the next update.

Synonyms

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Question 1 · Quick check

Students often blank for exams by studying late into the night.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English crammen, from Old English crammian (“to cram; stuff”), from Proto-West Germanic *krammōn, from Proto-Germanic *krammōną, a secondary verb derived from *krimmaną (“to stuff”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to assemble; collect; gather”). Compare Old English crimman (“to cram; stuff; insert; press; bruise”), Icelandic kremja (“to squeeze; crush; bruise”).