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As someone who has grown up living in Southern California, I know all too well about the costs and scarcities of water.
Ed Begley, Jr.

Meaning of "scarcities" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCARCITIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCARCITIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scarcities 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 SCARCITIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Scarcity

Scarcity is the fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human wants in a world of limited resources. It states that society has insufficient productive resources to fulfill all human wants and needs. A common misconception on scarcity is that an item has to be important for it to be scarce. However, this is not true, for something to be scarce, it has to be hard to obtain, hard to create, or both. Simply put, the production cost of something determines if it is scarce or not. For example, although air is more important to us than diamonds, it is cheaper simply because the production cost of air is zero. Diamonds on the other hand have a high production cost. They have to be found and processed, both which require a lot of money. Additionally, scarcity implies that not all of society's goals can be pursued at the same time; trade-offs are made of one good against others. In an influential 1932 essay, Lionel Robbins defined economics as "the science which studies human behavior as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses." In biology, scarcity can refer to the uncommonness or rarity of certain species.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCARCITIES

scarabaeus
scarabee
scaraboid
Scaramouch
scaramouche
Scarborough
scarce
scarce as hen´s teeth
scarcely
scarcement
scarcity
scarcity value
scare
scare quotes
scare story
scare tactics
scare the pants off
scarecrow
scared
scared to death

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCARCITIES

abilities
activities
amenities
authorities
capabilities
celebrities
cities
communities
disabilities
entities
facilities
humanities
minorities
opportunities
parties
possibilities
qualities
quantities
responsibilities
universities
utilities

Synonyms and antonyms of scarcities in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SCARCITIES»

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

Translation of «scarcities» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCARCITIES

Find out the translation of scarcities to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scarcities from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scarcities» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

稀缺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escasez
570 millions of speakers

English

scarcities
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कमी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ندرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дефицитом ресурсов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escassez
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আকাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pénuries
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekurangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Knappheiten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

希少性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

희소성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scarcities
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khan hiếm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பற்றாக்குறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टंचाई
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kitliklari
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scarsità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niedoborów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дефіцитом ресурсів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a deficitului de
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελλείψεις σε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tekorte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

knapphet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scarcities
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scarcities

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCARCITIES»

The term «scarcities» is normally little used and occupies the 110.713 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCARCITIES» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «SCARCITIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word scarcities.
1
Ed Begley, Jr.
As someone who has grown up living in Southern California, I know all too well about the costs and scarcities of water.
2
Edwin Way Teale
Time and space - time to be alone, space to move about - these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCARCITIES»

Discover the use of scarcities in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scarcities and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Scarcities: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Websters Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
‎2008
2
Uttaranchal: Dilemma Of Plenties And Scarcities
In This Book There Are Eleven Chapters On Various Topics, Covering All Aspects Related With The New State Of Uttaranchal.
Vishwambhar Prasad Sati, Kamlesh Kumar, 2004
3
How Asia Can Shape the World: From the Era of Plenty to the ...
As the age of plenty gives way to the age of scarcities, the author explores the possibility that an Asian economic model - less materialistic than Western economic models - will come to dominate the world.
J. Ørstrøm Møller, 2011
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The Politics of the Indonesian Rainforest: A Rise of Forest ...
The first one focuses on the condition of natural resources, and emphasis is placed on the causality between resource scarcities and conflict (Homer-Dixon 1994, 1997; Barber 1997, Diehl and Gleditsch 2000). The second one highlights the ...
I Ketut Gunawan, 2004
5
The Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence
Of course, political and economic factors can also cause scarcities that can precipitate violence. Fighting Words goes beyond the tautology that people will fight for whatever they think is important enough to fight for. Rather, Fighting Words ...
Andrew R. Murphy, 2011
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Facing Global Environmental Change: Environmental, Human, ...
countries to participate in three major research projects.6 The research of this ' Toronto Group', as it has become known, studied the links between scarcities of environmental resources – especially of cropland, fresh water, and forests – and  ...
R. K. Pachauri, Luc Gnacadja, Hans Günter AFES-PRESS, 2009
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The Law of Population: a Treatise, in Six Books; in Disproof ...
Of the Effect of Scarcities on Human Prolifieness XV. Of the Effect of Scarcities on Human Prolificness Table XXXVII. Shewing, from the Registers of England, the Eflect of Scarcities on the Prolificness of Marriages. ,, XXXVIII. Shewing, from the  ...
‎1830
8
The Law of Population: a Treatise, in Six Books: In Disproof ...
Of the Effect of Scarcities on Human Prolificness 224 XV. Of the Effect of Scarcities on Human Prolificness 236 Table XXXVII. Shewing, from the Registers of England, the Effect of Scarcities on the Prolificness of Marriages. „ XXXVIII. Shewing ...
Michael Thomas Sadler, 1830
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Environmental Security: Approaches and Issues
factors.37 Although the environmental data used in this work is relatively crude, the fact that minimal evidence can be found to link supply and demand scarcities to conflict suggests in the eyes of critics like Gleditsch and Jack Goldstone that ...
Rita Floyd, Richard Matthew, 2013
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Emerging Trends in Indian Marketing in the 90s
S. C. Sahoo, P. K. Sinha. some fundamental questions related to the adoption of any conserver marketing policy. (i) Will scarcities really have any impact on marketing? If yes, what would be the nature of the impact? (ii) How would the general ...
S. C. Sahoo, P. K. Sinha, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCARCITIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scarcities is used in the context of the following news items.
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Having a Baby Becomes Mother of All Battles in Scarcity-hit Venezuela
Currency controls and flailing local production have fueled worsening scarcities that are now a blight of daily life for many Venezuelans - especially those ... «Voice of America, Jul 15»
2
Mother of all battles in scarcity-hit Venezuela - having a baby
Currency controls and flailing local production have fuelled worsening scarcities that are now a blight of daily life for many Venezuelans - especially those ... «swissinfo.ch, Jul 15»
3
World crops higher, but local scarcities remain: UN
Favourable worldwide conditions for cereal crops will lead to better-than-expected production this growing season at the global level, said the United Nations ... «Trade Arabia, Jul 15»
4
My first post at Gods & Radicals: “Death and Taxes: Real and …
My first post at Gods & Radicals: “Death and Taxes: Real and Artificial Scarcities from an Eco-Psychological Perspective”. May 21, 2015 by John Halstead 0 ... «Patheos, May 15»
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Consumers' Sovereignty and Natural vs. Contrived Scarcities
from the gov One of the great myths about the capitalist system is the presumption that businessmen make profits at the expense of the consumers and workers ... «Somewhat Reasonable - Heartland Institute, Feb 15»
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Fuel scarcity prevents fishermen from going out
Fuel scarcity nationwide has led to fishermen in a number of regions in the ... In Yogyakarta, fuel scarcities have also seen hundreds of fishermen along the ... «Jakarta Post, Aug 14»
7
Time for an Answer
The population's discontent with 56 percent inflation, scarcities of basic consumer goods, and a horrendous crime situation has been growing over the past year. «U.S. News & World Report, Feb 14»
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Californians face 'new reality' of water scarcity
Water managers, farmers and fishermen are girding themselves for water scarcities in the months ahead. Some fear not only that the drought's effects will be ... «Environment & Energy Publishing, Jan 14»
9
Ladakh Invites New Scarcities
Tourism is adding to the strain on natural resources in Leh. Credit: thar Parvaiz/IPS. LADAKH, India, Sep 24 2013 (IPS) - The Ladakh of today is a different world ... «Inter Press Service, Sep 13»
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Expert Says Cooperation Can Resolve Global Water Scarcities
"Water scarcity, water stress, will often drive people to use more polluted water sources. One very, very troubling consequence is the impact on public health," he ... «Voice of America, Mar 13»

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