Meaning

1 senses

  1. To cause traffic congestion.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. That really would cause some serious gridlock.

    deDas würde wirklich einen ernsthaften Verkehrskollaps verursachen. — Rekholder

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  2. Gridlock occurs when cars block intersections.

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  3. This city suffers from gridlock.

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  4. Traffic gridlock, soaring property prices and the influx of migrant workers are putting pressure on the country's laidback lifestyle.

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Origin

From grid + lock.

From grid + lock.

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Forms

gridlocks, gridlocking, gridlocked, gridlocked
Base formgridlock · to gridlock
3rd person singulargridlocks
Present participlegridlocking
Past simplegridlocked
Past participlegridlocked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygridlock
he, she, itgridlocks

Past simpleLesson

all personsgridlocked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gridlocked
he, she, ithas gridlocked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gridlock

Word family

1 related words
Relateddeadlock

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
greyhoundgridgriefB2griefergrievanceC2
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