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lack  (lk)

n.

1. Deficiency or absence: Lack of funding brought the project to a halt.

2. A particular deficiency or absence: Owing to a lack of supporters, the reforms did not succeed.

v. lacked, lack·ing, lacks

v.tr.

To be without or in need of: lacked the strength to lift the box.

v.intr.

1. To be missing or deficient: We suspected that he was lying, but proof was lacking.

2. To be in need of something: She does not lack for friends.

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[Middle English, perhaps from Middle Dutch lac, deficiency, fault.]

Synonyms: lack, want, need
These verbs mean to be without something, especially something that is necessary or desirable. Lack emphasizes the absence of something: She lacks the money to buy new shoes. The plant died because it lacked moisture.
Want and need stress the urgent necessity for filling a void or remedying an inadequacy: "Her pens were uniformly bad and wanted fixing" (Bret Harte). The garden needs care.

Usage Note: When lack is used intransitively, the present participle is generally followed by in: You will not be lacking in support from me. Other forms of the intransitive verb are most often followed by for: In the terrible, beautiful age of my prime,/I lacked for sweet linen but never for time (E.B. White).

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lack

Noun

shortage or absence of something required or desired: a lack of confidence

Verb

(often foll. by in)to be short (of) or have need (of): lacking in sparkle [related to Middle Dutch laken to be wanting]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lack - the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" deficiency, want absence - the state of being absent; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation" need, demand - a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs" dearth, famine, shortage - an acute insufficiency deficit - a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits" mineral deficiency - lack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism shortness - the condition of being short of something; "there was no shortness of money"; "can cause shortness of breath" stringency, tightness - a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
Verb	1.	lack - be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!" miss want - be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter" exclude - lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages"

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lack

noun 1. shortage, want, absence, deficiency, need, shortcoming, deprivation, inadequacy, scarcity, dearth, privation, shortness, destitution, insufficiency, scantiness << OPPOSITE abundance

verb 2. miss, want, need, require, not have, be without, be short of, be in need of, be deficient in << OPPOSITE have

Translations

lack [læk] n (= absence) → falta, carencia (= scarcity); escasez f

vt → faltarle a algn, carecer de;

through or for lack of → por falta de;

to be lacking → faltar, no haber

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lack [læk] n → manque m

vt → manquer de;

through or for lack of → faute de, par manque de;

to be lacking → manquer, faire défaut;

to be lacking in → manquer de

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lack [læk] n → Mangel m

vt, vi sb lacks sth, sb is lacking in sth → jdm fehlt es an etw dat;

through or for lack of → aus Mangel an +dat;

to be lacking → fehlen

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lack [læk] n → mancanza, scarsità

vt → mancare di;

through or for lack of → per mancanza di;

to be lacking → mancare;

to be lacking in → mancare di

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lack

v lack [lӕk]

to have too little or none of He lacked the courage to join the army. skort يَنْقُص липсвам nemít mangle fehlen στερούμαι, μου λείπει carecer de ilma olema نداشتن؛ کم داشتن olla vailla manquer de qqch. חֲסַר- कमी होना nemati hiányzik kurang skorta mancare di ～がない 결핍되다 neturėti, stokoti trūkt; nepietikt kurang missen mangle, savne nie posiadać faltar a a-i lipsi, a nu avea не хватать nemať imeti premalo oskudevati sakna ขาด ...-i olmamak 缺乏 потребувати; бракувати بہت کم مقدار میں یا بالکل نہیں ہونا thiếu 缺乏

n

the state of not having any or enough our lack of money. gebrek فُقْدان ، نَقْص липса nedostatek mangel der Mangel έλλειψη falta, carencia, escasez puudus کمبود؛ فقدان puute manque מַחסוֹר कमी nestašica, nedostatak hiány kekurangan skortur mancanza 欠乏 결핍 stoka, stygius trūkums; nepietiekamība kekurangan gebrek mangel brak falta lipsă нехватка; отсутствие nedostatok pomanjkanje nedostatak brist ขาด olmayış, yokluk 沒有, 缺乏 брак; відсутність قلت یا غیر موجودگی tình trạng không có 没有

be lacking

1 to be without or not to have enough He is lacking in intelligence. gebrek aan يَفْتَقِد، يَنْقُصُه недостиг mít nedostatek mangle mangeln στερούμαι estar desprovisto de puuduma کم داشتن puuttua être dépourvu de חָסֵר आवश्यकता होना nemati hiányzik kurang sem skortir e-ð/er ábótavant privo di essere ～が欠けている ...이 결여되어 있다[] neturėti, stigti trūkt; nepietikt tidak mempunyai gebrek hebben aan mangle cierpieć na brak, odczuwać brak ter falta de a fi deficitar (în), a-i lipsi быть лишённым (чего-л.) mať nedostatok ne imeti (dovolj) nemati sakna, vara utan ขาด yeterince ...-i olmayan 沒有 той, в якого не вистачає (чого) کسی شے کے بغیر یا قلت میں không có hoặc thiếu 没有

2 to be absent; to be present in too little an amount Money for the project is not lacking but enthusiasm is. gebrekkig ناقِص недоимък chybět mangle fehlen λείπω faltar puuduma نیاز داشتن؛ کم داشتن puuttua qui manque, qui fait défaut חָסֵר कम होना nedostajati, izostati nincs (meg) kurang skortir, af skornum skammti mancare ～がない 없다, 부족하다 nebūti, trūkti trūkt; nepietikt tidak ada ontbreken mangle brakować, nie starczać faltar a lipsi отсутствовать; не хватать chýbať manjkati nedostajati fattas, saknas, vara ont om ขาด eksik olan, yeterince olmayan 缺乏, 不足 відсутній موجود نہ ہونا، یا تھوڑی مقدار میں ہونا thiếu 缺乏