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{
"term": "lack",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the state of not having something or not having enough of something",
"sensetop": "lack of somethingbecause of a lack of somethingdue to (a) lack of somethingthrough lack of somethingdespite the lack of something",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **lack of understanding/knowledge**",
"contextForm": "lack of something"
},
{
"text": "Passengers complained about the **lack of information** when flights were cancelled."
},
{
"text": "Her enthusiasm compensated for her apparent **lack of experience**."
},
{
"text": "He was suffering from a complete **lack of confidence**."
},
{
"text": "There was **no lack of** volunteers."
},
{
"text": "The project was abandoned because of a total **lack of support**.",
"contextForm": "because of a lack of something"
},
{
"text": "He was released due to **lack of evidence.**",
"contextForm": "due to (a) lack of something"
},
{
"text": "The trip was cancelled through **lack of interest**.",
"contextForm": "through lack of something"
},
{
"text": "The match was quite exciting, despite the lack of goals.",
"contextForm": "despite the lack of something"
},
{
"text": "Money and the fear of its lack are present in many of his poems."
},
{
"text": "She showed a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the idea."
},
{
"text": "I've lost those skills through lack of practice."
},
{
"text": "He thought he would collapse from lack of sleep."
},
{
"text": "The situation was worsened by lack of communication."
},
{
"text": "There is certainly no lack of interest in the subject."
},
{
"text": "There was a distinct lack of urgency in his manner."
},
{
"text": "a general lack of knowledge among the young"
},
{
"text": "an abysmal lack of knowledge"
}
],
"synonyms": "dearth, shortage",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["profound", "serious", "severe"],
"preposition": ["by lack of", "for lack of", "from lack of"],
"phrases": ["no lack of something"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that although somebody has not succeeded in something, they have tried very hard",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They haven't won a game yet, but it isn't for want of trying."
},
{
"text": "They lost the game, but not for lack of trying."
}
],
"topics": ["Difficulty and failure"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/læk/",
"audio": "la/lack/lack__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/læk/",
"audio": "la/lack/lack__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: corresponding to, and perhaps partly from, Middle Dutch and Middle Low German lak ‘deficiency’, Middle Dutch laken ‘lack, blame’."
}