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dearth
" I don't know how you overcome the dearth of scientists in the government positions."
Nina Fedoroff

Meaning of "dearth" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DEARTH

Derthe, from dērdear.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DEARTH

dɜːθ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEARTH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dearth is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEARTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dearth in the English dictionary

The definition of dearth in the dictionary is an inadequate amount, esp of food; scarcity.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEARTH

afterbirth · berth · birth · childbirth · earth · Edgeworth · firth · girth · Harmsworth · homebirth · jobsworth · Kenilworth · Leavenworth · mirth · pennyworth · Perth · rebirth · stillbirth · unearth · worth

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEARTH

dear · Dear John letter · dear-bought · Dearborn · deare · dearest · dearie · dearies · dearling · dearly · dearn · dearness · dearnful · dearnly · dearticulate · deary · deary me! · deash · deasil · deasiul

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEARTH

alkaline earth · Barth · black earth · brown earth · come back to earth · cost the earth · diatomaceous earth · down-to-earth · fuller´s earth · hearth · heavy earth · inearth · infusorial earth · move heaven and earth · on earth · potter´s earth · rare earth · red earth · run to earth · salt of the earth · underearth

Synonyms and antonyms of dearth in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEARTH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dearth» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «dearth» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF DEARTH

Find out the translation of dearth to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of dearth from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dearth» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

缺乏
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

escasez
570 millions of speakers
en

English

dearth
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

कमी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ندرة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

недостаток
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

escassez
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অভাব
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

manque
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kekurangan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Mangel
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

不足
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

부족
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Dearth
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự khan hiếm
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பற்றாக்குறை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कमी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kıtlık
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

scarsità
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

niedostatek
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

недолік
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

lipsă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έλλειψη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gebrek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dearth
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dearth

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEARTH»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of dearth
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «dearth».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dearth

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «DEARTH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dearth.
1
Joel Barlow
How could you fear a dearth? Have not mankind tho' slain by millions, millions left behind?
2
Mahesh Bhupathi
I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
3
Emily Blunt
I want to find something really wonderful to do next and take my time to search through the dearth of great material, especially for women.
4
Don DeLillo
There's never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President.
5
Nina Fedoroff
I don't know how you overcome the dearth of scientists in the government positions.
6
Gerald Massey
There's no dearth of kindness In the world of ours; Only in our blindness We gather thorns for flowers.
7
Grantland Rice
There's no dearth of kindness in this world of ours; Only in our blindness we gather thorns for flowers.
8
Dennis Ritchie
At the same time, much of it seems to have to do with recreating things we or others had already done; it seems rather derivative intellectually; is there a dearth of really new ideas?
9
Al Seckel
There is a dearth of thinking skills - people are taught what to think, not how.
10
Georg Simmel
For the division of labor demands from the individual an ever more one-sided accomplishment, and the greatest advance in a one-sided pursuit only too frequently means dearth to the personality of the individual.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEARTH»

Discover the use of dearth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dearth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dearth, Public Policy and Social Disturbance in England ...
This book examines the consequences of periods of dearth in England in the years between 1550 and 1800.
R. B. Outhwaite, 1995
2
From Dearth to Plenty: The Modern Revolution in Food Production
An absorbing story of scientific discovery and its exploitation for technological advance in agriculture is told in this book.
Sir Kenneth Lyon Blaxter, Noel F. Robertson, 1995
3
The Empire Menaced
In this biting parody of the Star Wars saga, Dearth Nadir reveals the true story of his doomed love affair and what really made him turn to the Dark Side.
Dearth Nadir, Xiao En, 2004
4
The Dearth of Conversions...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Andrew Murray, 2012
5
The Black Cloth: A Collection of African Folktales
THE. MIRROR. OF. DEARTH. This was a mirror never to look in; if you did, psst! all good things would fly away, disappear, evaporate. To attempt to look you had to be Spider: brave, courageous, and fearless like Spider; curious but stupid like  ...
Bernard Binlin Dadié, 1987
6
Hang Man
The police officer calls Lt. Dearth on his cell phone. Homicide Lt. Dearth! Lt. this is Officer Kelly I'm over here at the mayor's house there an old beat up van parked in the driveway. It's register under Alan Smith. Lt. Dearth say's I'm on my way.
James A. Marshall, 2008
7
Letter to Lord Stanley on the Dearth of Cotton, and the ...
W. F. FERGUSSON.
W. F. FERGUSSON, 1863
8
Famine in Scotland: The 'ill Years' of the 1690s
Table 3.2: Classification of harvest yield.29 Good harvests Bad harvests Price below the norm by: Classification Price above the norm by: Classification 30% or more Abundant 50% or more Dearth 10–30% Good 25–50% Bad 10–25% ...
Karen J. Cullen, 2010
9
Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National ...
Henry Golden Dearth: Sheep at Twilight Dearth was first represented in an Academy annual exhibition in 1 888. However, in 1 889 he became a member of the Society of American Artists and participated regularly in its exhibitions, showing in ...
David Bernard Dearinger, 2004
10
Reports of cases adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
George Dearth.) on the 10th day of January, 1820, the deed was delivered to Rhoads, and Johnston received the balance of his purchase money: and on the 19th day of January, 1820, the deed was recorded in the office for recording of ...
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, 1843

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEARTH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dearth is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Trades' talent dearth tempers strong construction employment figures
An AGC analysis of federal government data finds a mixed bag of positive indicators and growth constraints: Construction employment held ... «Concrete Produts, Jul 15»
2
A Dearth of Equipment Spending Is Hindering Economic Growth
Corporations' scant equipment spending is slowing down productivity growth and thereby reducing the U.S. economy's long-term potential. «Morningstar.com, Jul 15»
3
Home > Video > A Dearth of Equipment Spending Is Hindering …
A Dearth of Equipment Spending Is Hindering Economic Growth - Presented by: The Aol. On Network. Corporations' scant equipment spending is slowing down ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
4
Zonal hospital grapples with dearth of vaccine
Hospital officials said they are also facing the dearth of other essential medicines such as iron pills while the stock of polio vaccine is about to ... «E Kantipur, Jul 15»
5
Lack of funds reason for dearth of facilities at major bus stand
KOLHAPUR: With over 1,200 buses using the Central Bus Stand (CBS) every day and thousands of passengers visiting it for travelling to ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
6
Carlos Correa Deserves 2015 All-Star Spot Due to SS Dearth
Much of Major League Baseball, its media and its fans view the game through an archaic lens, tinted by outdated traditions that do not lend the ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
7
Bandwidth dearth could slow Netflix dominance
SA's lack of bandwidth could slow the dominance of VOD players in the market, but connectivity is shifting steadily in the local space. «ITWeb, Jul 15»
8
Experts Lament Dearth Of Facilities In NICO, NIHOTOUR
When the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) was set up in 1999 to promote positive cultural values and harness culture for ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»
9
Bullard concerned about dearth of startups
A long-term decline in U.S. startup activity should be of concern to national policymakers, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
10
Amid a dearth of funds, firework display still on in Carlisle
CARLISLE — Fireworks will again take to the sky on the Fourth of July in Carlisle, regardless of whether or not the borough can actually afford ... «The Sentinel, Jul 15»
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