- lack; shortage
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English-Macedonian dictionary. 2013.
lack; shortage
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lack — vb Lack, want, need, require are comparable when meaning to be without something, especially something essential or greatly to be desired. Lack may imply either an absence or a shortage in the supply or amount of that something {the house lacks a … New Dictionary of Synonyms
lack — I verb be bereft of, be deficient, be deprived of, be desirous, be destitute, be in need, be in want, be inadequate, be inferior, be insufficient, be needy, be poor, be wanting, be without, crave, desiderate, desire, fall short, feel a dearth,… … Law dictionary
lack — [lak] n. [early ME lac < or akin to MLowG & MDu lak, lack: for IE base see LEAK] 1. the fact or condition of not having enough; shortage; deficiency 2. the fact or condition of not having any; complete absence 3. the thing that is lacking or… … English World dictionary
lack — [n] deficiency, need abridgement, absence, curtailment, dearth, decrease, default, defect, deficit, depletion, deprivation, destitution, distress, exigency, exiguity, inadequacy, inferiority, insufficience, insufficiency, loss, meagerness, miss,… … New thesaurus
shortage — [n] deficiency curtailment, dearth, defalcation, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarcity, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness; concepts 646,709,767 Ant.… … New thesaurus
lack of money — shortage of funds … English contemporary dictionary
lack — 1. noun a lack of cash Syn: absence, want, need, deficiency, dearth, insufficiency, shortage, shortfall, scarcity, paucity, unavailability, deficit Ant: abundance 2. verb they lack sufficient resources … Thesaurus of popular words
lack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. want, deficiency, shortage, need. v. t. need, require. See insufficiency, poverty.Ant., sufficiency. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The state of being lacking] Syn. destitution, absence, need, dearth,… … English dictionary for students
lack — lack1 W2S3 [læk] n [singular, U] when there is not enough of something, or none of it = ↑shortage lack of ▪ new parents suffering from lack of sleep ▪ Too many teachers are treated with a lack of respect. ▪ comments based on a total lack of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
shortage */*/ — UK [ˈʃɔː(r)tɪdʒ] / US [ˈʃɔrtɪdʒ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms shortage : singular shortage plural shortages a lack of something that you need or want Refugees are facing serious food and fuel shortages. shortage of: a shortage of clean … English dictionary
shortage — / ʃɔ:tɪdʒ/ noun a lack or low availability of something ● a shortage of skilled staff ● We employ part timers to make up for staff shortages. ● The import controls have resulted in the shortage of spare parts. ♦ there is no shortage of investment … Marketing dictionary in english
