nnoun.attributethe property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or requiredSynset:shortage shortfall
Examples:- new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
Hypernyms:deficiency inadequacy insufficiency
Inherited Hypernyms:deficitinsufficiencyamountmagnitudepropertyattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:oxygen deficit
Full Hyponyms:oxygen deficit
nnoun.statea deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioningExamples:- the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory
- they have serious linguistic deficits
Hypernyms:deficiency lack want
Inherited Hypernyms:deficitlackneedconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.quantity(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losingTopic:athleticssport
Antonyms:lead
Hypernyms:score
Inherited Hypernyms:deficitscorenumberdefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
nnoun.possessionan excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)Examples:- last year there was a serious budgetary deficit
Hypernyms:liabilities
Inherited Hypernyms:deficitliabilitiespossessionrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:budget deficittrade deficit
Full Hyponyms:budget deficitfederal deficittrade deficit