Meaning

4 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.

    The sun shines on the rich and the poor alike but, come the rain, the rich have better umbrellas.

    The poor are always with us.

    Arme

    бе́дныеbédnyje

  2. (plural, plural only)The second-to-last placer in Tycoon

  3. (countable)A poor person.

    The poors are at it again.

    Armer

  4. (obsolete)Synonym of poor cod.

More definitions
  • people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

Examples

1821 sentences
  1. My wife is a poor driver.

    Моя дружина погано водить машину. — deniko

    ruМоя жена плохо водит машину. — al_ex_an_der

    deMeine Frau ist eine schlechte Autofahrerin. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. He remained poor all his life.

    Він був бідним усе життя. — aandrusiak

    deEr blieb sein Leben lang arm. — kriskelvin

  3. She is a very poor driver.

    Вона дуже поганий водій. — ChickenKiev

    ruОна очень плохой водитель. — shanghainese

    deSie ist eine sehr schlechte Autofahrerin. — wolfgangth

  4. I was poor three years ago.

    Три роки тому я був бідний. — deniko

    ruТри года тому назад я был беден. — marafon

  5. Tom said that Mary was poor.

    Том сказав, що Мері бідна. — deniko

    ruТом сказал, что Мэри бедная. — marafon

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society:
poor person:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English povre, povere, from Old French and Anglo-Norman povre, poure

Inherited from Middle English povre, povere, from Old French and Anglo-Norman povre, poure, from Latin pauper, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Doublet of pauper.

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Forms

plural: poors
Singularpoor
Pluralpoors

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group):poor people

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • as poor as
  • was very poor
  • being being poor
  • poor health
  • rich or poor
  • help the poor
  • is poor but
  • isn't as poor
  • in poor health
  • too poor to
  • the poor girl
  • poor but

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
poor — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto