English noun: deficit | |||
1. | deficit (attribute) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required | ||
Samples | New blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit. | ||
Synonyms | shortage, shortfall | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | oxygen deficit | ||
2. | deficit (state) a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning | ||
Samples | The people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory. They have serious linguistic deficits. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deficiency, lack, want | ||
3. | deficit (quantity) (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | score | ||
Domain category | athletics, sport | ||
Antonyms | lead | ||
4. | deficit (possession) an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period) | ||
Samples | Last year there was a serious budgetary deficit. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | liabilities | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | budget deficit, trade deficit | ||