"lack" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lack",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was frustrated by the lack of progress."
        },
        {
          "text": "There is a lack of clarity about where the money is to come from."
        },
        {
          "text": "He was happy with his life, despite his lack of family."
        },
        {
          "text": "Many parents try to compensate for their lack of time with children by spending money on them."
        },
        {
          "text": "They cite the lack of seat belts for the injuries."
        },
        {
          "text": "There's no lack of beaches in Hawai'i."
        },
        {
          "text": "Her teachers complained about her lack of attention."
        },
        {
          "text": "Food or the lack thereof could be easily used as a weapon."
        },
        {
          "text": "South African art museums are suffering from a lack of official funding."
        },
        {
          "text": "His head ached, mostly due to a lack of food and sleep."
        },
        {
          "text": "Lack of coordination made the 23 separate anti-gang programs ineffective."
        },
        {
          "text": "The purpose of this study is to address the relative lack of empirical research on adults."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If there is a lack of something, there is not enough of it or it doesn't exist at all."
      ],
      "id": "simple-lack-en-noun-qrhTgZGE",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable",
        "usually singular"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "need"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lak/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/læk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-lack.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lack"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lack",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacks",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacked",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacking",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He lacked the time and expertise to get the job done."
        },
        {
          "text": "Young people lack the necessary knowledge to make good business decisions."
        },
        {
          "text": "These materials lack sufficient strength to be used in building."
        },
        {
          "text": "Some adults lack the basic skills necessary to earn a living."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you lack something, you don't have it, or you don't have enough of it."
      ],
      "id": "simple-lack-en-verb-Gw4BwVuQ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Formal",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Verbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She had never lacked for anything in her life."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you lack for something, you don't have it, or you don't have enough of it."
      ],
      "id": "simple-lack-en-verb-aTp7SDHq",
      "raw_tags": [
        "formal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lak/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/læk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-lack.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lack"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lack",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was frustrated by the lack of progress."
        },
        {
          "text": "There is a lack of clarity about where the money is to come from."
        },
        {
          "text": "He was happy with his life, despite his lack of family."
        },
        {
          "text": "Many parents try to compensate for their lack of time with children by spending money on them."
        },
        {
          "text": "They cite the lack of seat belts for the injuries."
        },
        {
          "text": "There's no lack of beaches in Hawai'i."
        },
        {
          "text": "Her teachers complained about her lack of attention."
        },
        {
          "text": "Food or the lack thereof could be easily used as a weapon."
        },
        {
          "text": "South African art museums are suffering from a lack of official funding."
        },
        {
          "text": "His head ached, mostly due to a lack of food and sleep."
        },
        {
          "text": "Lack of coordination made the 23 separate anti-gang programs ineffective."
        },
        {
          "text": "The purpose of this study is to address the relative lack of empirical research on adults."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If there is a lack of something, there is not enough of it or it doesn't exist at all."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable",
        "usually singular"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "need"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lak/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/læk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-lack.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lack"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lack",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacks",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacked",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lacking",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He lacked the time and expertise to get the job done."
        },
        {
          "text": "Young people lack the necessary knowledge to make good business decisions."
        },
        {
          "text": "These materials lack sufficient strength to be used in building."
        },
        {
          "text": "Some adults lack the basic skills necessary to earn a living."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you lack something, you don't have it, or you don't have enough of it."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Formal",
        "Intransitive verbs",
        "Verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She had never lacked for anything in her life."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you lack for something, you don't have it, or you don't have enough of it."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "formal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lak/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/læk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-lack.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lack"
}