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{
"term": "deficiency",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the state of not having, or not having enough of, something that is essential",
"sensetop": "deficiency (in something)deficiency of something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Vitamin deficiency in the diet can cause illness.",
"contextForm": "deficiency (in something)"
},
{
"text": "a deficiency of vitamin B",
"contextForm": "deficiency of something"
},
{
"text": "He's suffering from a severe vitamin deficiency."
},
{
"text": "I've been prescribed iron tablets to make up the deficiency."
},
{
"text": "Lack of sunlight can cause deficiency in vitamin D."
},
{
"text": "These symptoms indicate a protein deficiency."
},
{
"text": "The condition is caused by a deficiency of calcium."
}
],
"synonyms": "shortage",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["major", "serious", "severe"],
"verb + deficiency": ["have", "suffer from", "correct"],
"preposition": ["deficiency in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a fault or a weakness in something/somebody that makes it or them less successful",
"sensetop": "deficiency (in something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "deficiencies in the computer system"
},
{
"text": "He considers the lack of central control to be a serious deficiency."
},
{
"text": "serious deficiencies in the health service"
},
{
"text": "The deficiencies in their argument are easy to spot."
},
{
"text": "Unless these underlying deficiencies are rectified the system can never be efficient."
},
{
"text": "The deficiencies of medical care in poorer areas are many."
}
],
"topics": ["Difficulty and failure"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["major", "serious", "severe"],
"verb + deficiency": ["have", "suffer from", "correct"],
"preposition": ["deficiency in"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfɪʃnsi/",
"audio": "de/deficiency/deficiency__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈfɪʃnsi/",
"audio": "de/deficiency/deficiency__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}