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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pov•er•ty /ˈpɑvɚti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- the state of having little or no money, goods, or means of support:the devastating effects of poverty on the human spirit.
- the state of not having enough of anything that is necessary:the poverty of my knowledge of literature.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pov•er•ty (pov′ər tē),USA pronunciation n. - the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support;
condition of being poor;
indigence. - deficiency of necessary or desirable ingredients, qualities, etc.:poverty of the soil.
- scantiness;
insufficiency:Their efforts to stamp out disease were hampered by a poverty of medical supplies.
- Latin paupertāt- (stem of paupertās) small means, moderate circumstances. See pauper, -ty2
- Old French
- Middle English poverte 1125–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged penury. Poverty, destitution, need, want imply a state of privation and lack of necessities. Poverty denotes serious lack of the means for proper existence:living in a state of extreme poverty.Destitution, a somewhat more literary word, implies a state of having absolutely none of the necessities of life:widespread destitution in countries at war.Need emphasizes the fact that help or relief is necessary:Most of the people were in great need.Want emphasizes privations, esp. lack of food and clothing:Families were suffering from want.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged meagerness.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged riches, wealth, plenty.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: poverty /ˈpɒvətɪ/ n - the condition of being without adequate food, money, etc
- scarcity or dearth: a poverty of wit
- a lack of elements conducive to fertility in land or soil
Etymology: 12th Century: from Old French poverté, from Latin paupertās restricted means, from pauper poor |