lack
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Apparently cognate with Middle Low German lak, Middle Dutch lac ( > modern lak (“calumny”)).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
lack (plural lacks)
- (obsolete) A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
- A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
- 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, BBC Sport:
- If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked his way through midfield before releasing Defoe for a finish that should have been dealt with more convincingly by Namasco at his near post.
- 1994, Green Day, Basket Case
- I went to a shrink, to analyze my dreams. He said it's lack of sex that's bringing my down.
- 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, BBC Sport:
Antonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
deficiency, need
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Verb [edit]
lack (third-person singular simple present lacks, present participle lacking, simple past and past participle lacked)
- (transitive) To be without, to need, to require.
- My life lacks excitement.
- (intransitive) To be short (of or for something).
- He'll never lack for company while he's got all that money.
Translations [edit]
be without, need, require
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Anagrams [edit]
Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
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Declension [edit]
Declension of lack
