deficit
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
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Sense 2 noun
a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning
the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory
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Sense 3 noun
(sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
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Sense 4 noun
an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)
last year there was a serious budgetary deficit
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inadequacy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | oxygen deficit |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | deficiency |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | lead |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | sport |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | score |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | liabilities |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | budget deficit |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | trade deficit |