shortage
shortage · shortages
дефіцит, нестача, недостатність, недостаток
дефицит, недостаток, нехватка, недостаточность
Mangel, Knappheit
A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amountA lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
/ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/
» There's no shortage of possible suspects.
В вероятных подозреваемых недостатка нет.
Потенційних підозрюваних не бракує.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
Mangel, Knappheit
недоста́токnedostátok, нехва́ткаnexvátka, дефици́тdeficít
недоста́токnedostátok, неста́чаnestáča, дефіци́тdeficýt
More definitions
- the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- an acute insufficiency
Examples
140 sentencesThere's no shortage of possible suspects.
Потенційних підозрюваних не бракує.
ruВ вероятных подозреваемых недостатка нет.
There is no shortage of ideas.
There was a shortage of fuel.
deEs herrschte Treibstoffmangel.
There's no shortage of food now.
ruТеперь нет недостатка в еде.
Tom has no shortage of friends.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
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Русский
By meaning 1
lack or deficiency:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
lack or deficiency:
Forms
plural: shortagesSynonyms
4 synonymsAntonyms
3 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- no shortage of
- water shortage
- no shortage