poor
Synonym of impoverish, to make poorSynonym of impoverish, to make poor.
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» My wife is a poor driver.
Meine Frau ist eine schlechte Autofahrerin. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Моя жена плохо водит машину. — al_ex_an_der
Моя дружина погано водить машину. — deniko
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3 senses(rare, transitive)Synonym of impoverish, to make poor.
(intransitive, obsolete)To become poor.
(obsolete)To call someone poor.
Examples
1821 sentencesMy 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
He remained poor all his life.
Він був бідним усе життя. — aandrusiak
deEr blieb sein Leben lang arm. — kriskelvin
She is a very poor driver.
Вона дуже поганий водій. — ChickenKiev
ruОна очень плохой водитель. — shanghainese
deSie ist eine sehr schlechte Autofahrerin. — wolfgangth
I was poor three years ago.
Три роки тому я був бідний. — deniko
ruТри года тому назад я был беден. — marafon
Tom said that Mary was poor.
Том сказав, що Мері бідна. — deniko
ruТом сказал, что Мэри бедная. — marafon
Origin
Inherited from Middle English povre, povere, from Old French and Anglo-Norman povre, poureInherited 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
poors, pooring, poored, pooredSynonyms
14 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.