lack
A deficiency or need; an absence, want, dearthA deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
» He died from lack of oxygen.
Er starb aus Mangel an Sauerstoff. — Esperantostern
Er starb an Sauerstoffmangel. — Zaghawa
Он умер от недостатка кислорода. — Wezel
Он умер от кислородной недостаточности. — Wezel
Він помер від браку кисня. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
It is a question of money, or lack of same.
Mangel
отсу́тствиеotsútstvije, нехва́ткаnexvátka, недоста́токnedostátok
бракbrak, відсу́тністьvidsútnistʹ, недоста́чаnedostáča
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
- the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
Examples
975 sentencesHe died from lack of oxygen.
Він помер від браку кисня. — deniko
ruОн умер от недостатка кислорода. — Wezel
deEr starb aus Mangel an Sauerstoff. — Esperantostern
Tom died from lack of oxygen.
Том помер від браку кисню. — deniko
ruТом умер от недостатка кислорода. — Fin
deTom starb an Sauerstoffmangel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Lack of sleep began to tell on me.
Нестача сну починає даватися взнаки. — Reem
ruНедостаток сна стал сказываться на мне. — Balamax
Tom doesn't lack courage.
Тому не бракує мужності. — deniko
He is lacking in common sense.
Йому не вистачає здорового глузду. — anastasishko
ruЕму не хватает здравого смысла. — Hellerick
deIhm fehlt der gesunde Menschenverstand. — Manfredo
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English lack, lakke, lak, from Old English *læc (“deficiency, lack, want”), frFrom Middle English lack, lakke, lak, from Old English *læc (“deficiency, lack, want”), from Proto-West Germanic *lak, from Proto-Germanic *laką, *lakaz (“slackness”), from Proto-Germanic *lakaz (“limp, slack, loose, low”), related to *lak(k)ōną (“to blame, reproach”), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Lak (“lack”), Middle Low German lack, lak (“lack”), Dutch lak (“lack, deficiency, calumny”), Icelandic lakur (“lacking”). Related also to Middle Dutch laken (“to blame, lack”).
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Forms
plural: lacksSynonyms
20 synonyms- the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable:deficiencywant
Antonyms
5 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- lack of sleep
- the lack of
- lacks common sense
- due to lack
- lacked confidence
- his lack of
- lack of money
- a lack of
- from lack of
- to lack of
- lacks common
- is lacking in