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noun | verb rationration1 /ˈræʃən, ˈreɪ-/ ●○○ noun ETYMOLOGYration1Origin: 1700-1800 French Latin ratio; ➔ RATIO 1[countable] a specific amount of something such as food or gasoline that you are allowed to have, when there is not much available: ration of a daily ration of meat2rations [plural] the food that is given to a soldier or member of a group each day noun | verb rationration2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEration |
| Present | I, you, we, they | ration | | he, she, it | rations | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | rationed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have rationed | | he, she, it | has rationed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had rationed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will ration | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have rationed |
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| Present | I | am rationing | | he, she, it | is rationing | | you, we, they | are rationing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was rationing | | you, we, they | were rationing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been rationing | | he, she, it | has been rationing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been rationing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be rationing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been rationing |
THESAURUSto limit or control the size, amount, or range of something► restrictto limit or control the size, amount, or range of something: The new law restricts the sale of hand guns. Imports were severely restricted. ► limit to control something so that an amount or number does not get too big: I am trying to limit the amount of salt in my diet. ► set a limit to control the size or amount of something, by deciding what the limit will be: We had to set a limit on how much TV the kids could watch each day. ► ration to control how much of something someone is allowed to have, especially because there is not enough for all people to have as much as they want: In many countries, food was rationed during World War II. to control the supply of something such as food or gasoline by allowing people to have only a limited amount of it, usually because there is not enough: Sugar, cooking oil, and rice were being rationed.► see thesaurus at restrict—rationing noun [uncountable] |