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poverty — noun 1 (U) the situation or experience of being poor: dire/abject/grinding poverty (=very bad poverty): Thousands of children live in dire poverty. 2 the poverty line/level the income below which a person or a family is officially considered to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
poverty — pov|er|ty W3 [ˈpɔvəti US ˈpa:vərti] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: poverté, from Latin paupertas, from pauper; POOR] 1.) [U] the situation or experience of being poor →↑poor, impoverished ↑impoverished ▪ Millions of elderly people live … Dictionary of contemporary English
dire — [[t]da͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (emphasis) Dire is used to emphasize how serious or terrible a situation or event is. The government looked as if it would split apart, with dire consequences for domestic peace... He was in dire need… … English dictionary
dire — adjective (direr; direst) Etymology: Latin dirus; akin to Greek deinos terrifying, Sanskrit dveṣṭi he hates Date: 1565 1. a. exciting horror < dire suffering > b. dismal … New Collegiate Dictionary
Poverty in South Asia — ▪ 1998 by H.Y. Sharada Prasad The South Asian region, which comprises India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Maldives, in 1997 accounted for one fifth of the world s population, two thirds of its absolute poor, and one… … Universalium
poverty — poverty, indigence, penury, want, destitution, privation all denote the state of one who is poor or without enough to live upon. Poverty, the most comprehensive of these terms, typically implies such deficiency of resources that one is deprived… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Poverty and Nobility — Directed by Mario Mattoli Produced by Dino De Laurentiis Carlo … Wikipedia
poverty-stricken — [adj] in great need; financially poor bad off*, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, broke*, destitute, dirt poor*, distressed, down and out*, hard up*, impencunious, impoverished, indigent, in dire circumstances, in want, moneyless, necessitous,… … New thesaurus
poverty — n. 1) to breed poverty (illiteracy breeds poverty) 2) to eliminate, eradicate, wipe out poverty 3) abject, dire, extreme, grinding, severe poverty 4) in poverty (to live in grinding poverty) * * * [ pɒvətɪ] dire eradicate extreme grinding severe… … Combinatory dictionary
dire — adjective 1 extremely serious, bad or terrible: He was in dire trouble and he knew it. | That makes the situation sound dire. | in dire need/poverty: The country was in dire need of financial aid. | dire consequences: Increasing fuel prices will… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium