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Poverty

  • 1 poverty

    ['povəti]
    (the condition of being poor: They lived in extreme poverty; the poverty of the soil.) φτώχεια

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  • 2 Poverty

    subs.
    P. and V. πενία, ἡ, ἀπορία, ἡ, P. ἔνδεια, ἡ, ἀχρηματία, ἡ, V. χρημάτων ἀχηνία, ἡ.
    Poverty is a sad thing: V. κακὸν τὸ μὴ ʼχειν (ἔχειν) (Eur., Phoen. 405).

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  • 3 poverty

    1) ένδεια
    2) μιζέρια
    3) πενία
    4) φτώχεια

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  • 4 Poverty-stricken

    adj.
    P. and V. φαῦλος, Ar. and P. μοχθηρός; see Squalid.

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  • 5 Destitution

    subs.
    P. and V. ἐρημία, ἡ.
    Poverty: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ; see Poverty.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Destitution

  • 6 abject

    ['æb‹ekt]
    (miserable; wretched: abject poverty.) άθλιος

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  • 7 abstract

    ['æbstrækt] 1. adjective
    1) ((of a noun) referring to something which exists as an idea and which is not physically real: Truth, poverty and bravery are abstract nouns.) αφηρημένος (πχ. έννοια)
    2) ((of painting, sculpture etc) concerned with colour, shape, texture etc rather than showing things as they really appear: an abstract sketch of a vase of flowers.) της αφηρημένης τέχνης
    2. noun
    (a summary (of a book, article etc).) περίληψη, σύνοψη

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  • 8 discriminate

    [di'skrimineit]
    1) ((with between) to make or see a difference between: It is difficult to discriminate between real and pretended cases of poverty.) διακρίνω
    2) ((often with against) to treat a certain kind of people differently: He was accused of discriminating against women employees.) κάνω διακρίσεις
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  • 9 disease

    [di'zi:z]
    ((an) illness: She's suffering from kidney disease; poverty and disease.) ασθένεια

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  • 10 embitter

    [im'bitə]
    (to make bitter and resentful: embittered by poverty and failure.) πικραίνω

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  • 11 evil

    ['i:vl] 1. adjective
    (very bad; wicked; sinful: evil intentions; an evil man; He looks evil; evil deeds; an evil tongue.) κακός,μοχθηρός
    2. noun
    1) (wrong-doing, harm or wickedness: He tries to ignore all the evil in the world; Do not speak evil of anyone.)
    2) (anything evil, eg crime, misfortune etc: London in the eighteenth century was a place of crime, filth, poverty and other evils.)
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    - evilly
    - evilness
    - evil-doer

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  • 12 extravagance

    noun His wife's extravagance reduced them to poverty; Food is a necessity, but wine is an extravagance.) σπατάλη,υπερβολή

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  • 13 grind down

    (to crush: She was ground down by poverty.) συνθλίβω

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  • 14 grinding

    1) (with a sound of grinding: The train came to a grinding stop.) με τριγμούς
    2) (severe: grinding poverty.) σκληρός, αδυσώπητος

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  • 15 hand in hand

    (with one person holding the hand of another: The boy and girl were walking along hand in hand; Poverty and crime go hand in hand.) χέρι-χέρι

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  • 16 housing benefit

    noun (a payment given by a government to people who are entitled to it according to certain criteria (eg poverty) when they buy or rent a house, an apartment etc.) στεγαστικό δάνειο

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  • 17 instance

    ['instəns]
    (an example, especially of a condition or circumstance: As a social worker, he saw many instances of extreme poverty.) περίπτωση

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  • 18 justify

    1) (to prove or show (a person, action, opinion etc) to be just, right, desirable or reasonable: How can the government justify the spending of millions of pounds on weapons when there is so much poverty in the country?) δικαιολογώ, δικαιώνω
    2) (to be a good excuse for: Your state of anxiety does not justify your being so rude to me.) δικαιολογώ
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    - justification

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  • 19 need

    [ni:d] 1. negative short form - needn't; verb
    1) (to require: This page needs to be checked again; This page needs checking again; Do you need any help?) χρειάζομαι,έχω ανάγκη
    2) (to be obliged: You need to work hard if you want to succeed; They don't need to come until six o'clock; She needn't have given me such an expensive present.) χρειάζεται(να),είναι ανάγκη(να),πρέπει(να)
    2. noun
    1) (something essential, that one must have: Food is one of our basic needs.) ανάγκη
    2) (poverty or other difficulty: Many people are in great need.) ένδεια,δύσκολη θέση
    3) (a reason: There is no need for panic.) λόγος
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    - needlessly
    - needy
    - a need for
    - in need of

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  • 20 pinched

    adjective ((of a person's face) looking cold, pale or thin because of cold, poverty etc: Her face was pinched with cold.) ταλαιπωρημένος

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  • poverty — ► NOUN 1) the state of being extremely poor. 2) the state of being insufficient in amount. ORIGIN Old French poverte, from Latin pauper poor …   English terms dictionary

  • Poverty — Street children sleeping in Mulberry Street – Jacob Riis photo New York, United States (1890) Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.[1] Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford …   Wikipedia

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