poverty

«poverty» in Mova's school dictionary: Being very poor; not having enough money for food… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (poverty, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Being very poor; not having enough money for food, clothes or a home. tree →

2) (formal) A lack of something: poverty of ideas. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history, geography and citizenship lessons, poverty is a big problem that charities and governments try to fix. In stories it shows hard lives (like in Dickens). Phrases: live in poverty, poverty line, extreme poverty, end poverty.

examples

• Many families lived in poverty in Victorian times. tree →
• Charities help people in poverty. tree →
• Poverty means not having enough to eat. tree →
• Our school collected food to fight poverty. tree →
• He grew up in poverty but became a doctor. tree →
• Ending poverty is a world goal. tree →
• It was indeed poverty arrayed in rags. tree →

note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural. Adjective: poor. Talk about it with respect; being poor is not a person's fault.

In the corpora

• Christian Aid, CAFOD, Tearfund, the Salvation Army and Catholic Charities help people in poverty and disaster.
• People live longer where there is clean water, enough food, good doctors and peace; poverty and war shorten lives.
• So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man.
• The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
• Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction; but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «poverty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.