- lack, want
- اِفْتِقَار \ lack, want.
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
lack, want
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lack, want, need — Lack refers to a deficiency, to the absence of something desirable, customary, or needful: He feels a lack of confidence among his followers. I am suffering from a lack of money and time. Want and need, as nouns, may have much the same meaning: a … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
lack — vb Lack, want, need, require are comparable when meaning to be without something, especially something essential or greatly to be desired. Lack may imply either an absence or a shortage in the supply or amount of that something {the house lacks a … New Dictionary of Synonyms
lack — /lak/, n. 1. deficiency or absence of something needed, desirable, or customary: lack of money; lack of skill. 2. something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack. v.t. 3. to be without or deficient in: to lack ability; to… … Universalium
lack — [[t]læk[/t]] n. 1) deficiency or absence of something needed or desirable: lack of money; lack of skill[/ex] 2) something missing or wanted: After he left, they really felt the lack[/ex] 3) cvb to be without; have need of: You lack common… … From formal English to slang
want — See lack. See lack, want, need See want, wish … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
want — {{11}}want (n.) c.1300, deficiency, shortage, from O.N. vant, neut. of vanr wanting, deficient; related to O.E. wanian to diminish (see WANE (Cf. wane)). Phrase for want of is recorded from c.1400. Meaning state of destitution is recorded from… … Etymology dictionary
lack — See lack, want, need … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
want — [wänt, wônt] vt. [ME wanten < ON vanta, to be lacking, want: see WANT the n.] 1. to have too little of; be deficient in; lack 2. to be short by (a specified amount) [it wants twelve minutes of midnight] 3. to feel the need of; long for; crave… … English World dictionary
want — I noun absence, conatus, dearth, default, defect, deficiency, deficit, desideratum, desire, destitution, distress, exigency, impoverishment, insufficiency, lack, meagerness, necessitude, necessity, need, needfulness, neediness, paucity, pauperism … Law dictionary
Want — (277), n. [Originally an adj., from Icel. vant, neuter of vanr lacking, deficient. [root]139. See {Wane}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Want — Want, v. i. [Icel. vanta to be wanting. See {Want} to lack.] [1913 Webster] 1. To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
