--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 11 description: The 2316 words of the English dictionary under S, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / S # S — The English dictionary · page 11 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A small, very sharp knife used by surgeons in operations.[↗](../../scalpel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A similar sharp knife used in science, art or crafts for precise cutting.[↗](../../scalpel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The surgeon asked for a scalpel.[↗](../../scalpel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A scalpel is sharper than a kitchen knife.[↗](../../scalpel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Only adults should use a scalpel in the art room.[↗](../../scalpel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist cut the leaf with a scalpel.[↗](../../scalpel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each scalpel blade is used once and then thrown away safely.[↗](../../scalpel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse counted the scalpels after the operation.[↗](../../scalpel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **scaly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Covered with scales, the small hard flat plates on fish, snakes and lizards.[↗](../../scaly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Dry and flaky, like skin that is peeling.[↗](../../scaly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "scaly skin".[↗](../../scaly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Snakes have scaly skin.[↗](../../scaly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dragon had a long scaly tail.[↗](../../scaly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Reptiles are scaly and lay eggs.[↗](../../scaly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A bird's legs are scaly.[↗](../../scaly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My hands get dry and scaly in winter.[↗](../../scaly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Crocodiles have thick scaly backs.[↗](../../scaly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The fish felt cool and scaly.[↗](../../scaly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And he lay there on his great green scaly side, panting, and very much out of breath, because he had come such a long way.[↗](../../scaly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **scam** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A scam is a dishonest trick to get money or personal information from people.[↗](../../scam/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To scam someone is to cheat them with such a trick.[↗](../../scam/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* That email saying I won a phone is a scam.[↗](../../scam/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not click the link; it might be a scam.[↗](../../scam/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A scammer tried to trick Grandma on the phone.[↗](../../scam/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Free game coins for your password?[↗](../../scam/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") That is a scam.[↗](../../scam/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He was scammed out of his pocket money.[↗](../../scam/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tell an adult if you think it is a scam.[↗](../../scam/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Real companies never ask for your password.[↗](../../scam/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If it seems too good to be true, it is probably a scam.[↗](../../scam/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **scammer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A scammer is a person who tricks people to steal their money or personal details.[↗](../../scammer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Scammers often use fake messages, phone calls, websites or prizes that sound too good to be true.[↗](../../scammer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The scammer pretended to be from the bank.[↗](../../scammer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A scammer sent a message saying I had won a phone.[↗](../../scammer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never give your password to anyone, because they could be a scammer.[↗](../../scammer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa almost paid a scammer, but he checked with us first.[↗](../../scammer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scammers often try to make you hurry.[↗](../../scammer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We reported the scammer to the website.[↗](../../scammer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If it sounds too good to be true, it may be a scammer.[↗](../../scammer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **scamp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A scamp is a naughty, cheeky child, or a playful rascal.[↗](../../scamp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) «You scamp!» is a scolding said to a naughty boy or girl.[↗](../../scamp/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mothers don't know anything, answered those scamps.[↗](../../scamp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not waste your pity on a scamp.[↗](../../scamp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "You scamp!" said his father, when he had heard what his son had done.[↗](../../scamp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **scamper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To scamper is to run quickly with short light steps, like a small animal or a child running off.[↗](../../scamper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A scamper is a quick, light run.[↗](../../scamper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The wolves had scampered off.[↗](../../scamper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The mice scampered away to their holes.[↗](../../scamper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She scampered out of sight, with all the mice after her.[↗](../../scamper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a scamper across the field.[↗](../../scamper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **scan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To scan means to look quickly over something to find a particular piece of information («scan the page for the date»).[↗](../../scan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To scan means to look carefully all around an area («scan the horizon»).[↗](../../scan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To scan a picture or document means to copy it into a computer using a machine called a scanner; a shop scans barcodes to read prices.[↗](../../scan/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A scan is a medical picture of the inside of the body, made by a machine («an ultrasound scan»).[↗](../../scan/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A poem scans when its rhythm is correct.[↗](../../scan/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Scan the text to find the name of the river.[↗](../../scan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lifeguard scanned the pool for swimmers in trouble.[↗](../../scan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The checkout girl scanned the barcode.[↗](../../scan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum showed us the scan of the new baby.[↗](../../scan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I scanned my drawing and emailed it to Grandad.[↗](../../scan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor sent him for a scan of his knee.[↗](../../scan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Scan the road both ways before you cross.[↗](../../scan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Scan the QR code to see the menu.[↗](../../scan/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · His keen eyes scanned the wide plain.[↗](../../scan/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online.[↗](../../scan/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../scan/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **scandal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A scandal is something wrong or shameful that people find out about and are shocked by, such as a famous person lying or cheating.[↗](../../scandal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Scandal is talk and gossip about such things.[↗](../../scandal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) "It's a scandal" means something is very unfair or wrong.[↗](../../scandal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The scandal was on the front page of every newspaper.[↗](../../scandal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The footballer was caught up in a cheating scandal.[↗](../../scandal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a scandal that the park has no toilets.[↗](../../scandal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The minister lost her job after the scandal.[↗](../../scandal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tabloids love scandal.[↗](../../scandal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The village was buzzing with scandal about the missing cake.[↗](../../scandal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When the scandal broke, the singer said sorry.[↗](../../scandal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · For fear of scandal he kept the matter quiet and searched everywhere he could think of, but all to no purpose.[↗](../../scandal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **scandalise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* British spelling of «scandalize»: to shock someone by doing or saying something they think is wrong or improper.[↗](../../scandalise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Sit in father's chair, John!"[↗](../../scandalise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Wendy was scandalised.[↗](../../scandalise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Peter pretended to be scandalised.[↗](../../scandalise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old lady was scandalised by the noise.[↗](../../scandalise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **scandalous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Shocking and disgraceful, so that people think it is wrong or should not be allowed.[↗](../../scandalous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "What a scandalous condition this place is in," said he.[↗](../../scandalous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Degrees were given with scandalous readiness.[↗](../../scandalous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It is scandalous that the bus is always late.[↗](../../scandalous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **scandinavian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* adjective.[↗](../../scandinavian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* From or to do with Scandinavia — Norway, Sweden and Denmark (often also Finland and Iceland).[↗](../../scandinavian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* noun.[↗](../../scandinavian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* A person from Scandinavia.[↗](../../scandinavian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Norway, Sweden and Denmark are Scandinavian countries.[↗](../../scandinavian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Vikings came from Scandinavia.[↗](../../scandinavian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our kitchen has a simple Scandinavian style.[↗](../../scandinavian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scandinavian winters are long and dark.[↗](../../scandinavian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Swedish, Norwegian and Danish are Scandinavian languages that are quite similar.[↗](../../scandinavian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Scandinavians speak very good English.[↗](../../scandinavian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There are also modern tales by a learned Scandinavian named Topelius.[↗](../../scandinavian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **scanner** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A scanner is a machine that copies pictures or pages into a computer.[↗](../../scanner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A scanner at a shop till reads bar codes to find the price.[↗](../../scanner/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A scanner in a hospital takes pictures of the inside of the body.[↗](../../scanner/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A scanner is a machine at airports that checks bags and people.[↗](../../scanner/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher used the scanner to copy our drawings.[↗](../../scanner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The checkout scanner beeped.[↗](../../scanner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · At the hospital, she had her head checked in a scanner.[↗](../../scanner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your bag through the scanner, please.[↗](../../scanner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The scanner reads the price from the bar code.[↗](../../scanner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We used a phone app as a scanner.[↗](../../scanner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **scanning** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Scanning means looking quickly over a page or a place to find something particular.[↗](../../scanning/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Scanning means using a machine to copy a picture or document into a computer, or to read a barcode.[↗](../../scanning/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In medicine, scanning means using a machine to take pictures of the inside of the body.[↗](../../scanning/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I was scanning the page for the word «volcano».[↗](../../scanning/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cashier is scanning our shopping.[↗](../../scanning/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She stood scanning the crowd for her mum.[↗](../../scanning/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is scanning old photos into the computer.[↗](../../scanning/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor is scanning my arm to check for a break.[↗](../../scanning/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The lifeguard keeps scanning the pool.[↗](../../scanning/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Scanning helps you find a date or name quickly in a text.[↗](../../scanning/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **scant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Scant means very little, hardly enough.[↗](../../scant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Scant can mean a bit less than a stated amount, as in «a scant teaspoon» (not quite a full one).[↗](../../scant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Having a scant in your breath means being short of breath, so you puff when you climb.[↗](../../scant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was scant food left after the party.[↗](../../scant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He paid scant attention to the warning signs.[↗](../../scant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist said there was scant evidence for the claim.[↗](../../scant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Add a scant teaspoon of salt.[↗](../../scant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The desert gets scant rain each year.[↗](../../scant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The explorers had scant hope of rescue.[↗](../../scant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Henceforth whenever I go up a hill, I shall have a scant in my breath and a pain in my chest."[↗](../../scant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?[↗](../../scant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.6.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../scant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and say: Thus saith the king: Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with scant bread and with scant water, until I come in peace.'[↗](../../scant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.22.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../scant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and say: Thus saith the king: Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with scant bread and with scant water, until I return in peace.'[↗](../../scant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.18.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../scant/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **scantily** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a small amount, not enough or not much; poorly.[↗](../../scantily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The room was scantily lit by one small window.[↗](../../scantily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wales is scantily represented in the tales.[↗](../../scantily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The children were scantily dressed in the cold.[↗](../../scantily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **scanty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Small in amount; not enough, or only just enough.[↗](../../scanty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Such scanty fare is not fit for a Heron."[↗](../../scanty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Greek poets offer but scanty allusions to Erebus.[↗](../../scanty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There is only scanty grass on the hill.[↗](../../scanty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **scapegoat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person or group blamed for something bad that is not really their fault, often so others escape blame.[↗](../../scapegoat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Bible) In the Old Testament (Leviticus 16), on the Day of Atonement the priest put the people's sins on a goat and sent it into the desert.[↗](../../scapegoat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To unfairly blame someone this way.[↗](../../scapegoat/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The new boy was made the scapegoat for the broken window.[↗](../../scapegoat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't scapegoat your sister for your mess.[↗](../../scapegoat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In history, minorities were often used as scapegoats.[↗](../../scapegoat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bible the scapegoat carried the people's sins into the wilderness.[↗](../../scapegoat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach became the scapegoat when the team lost.[↗](../../scapegoat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scapegoating someone is a kind of bullying.[↗](../../scapegoat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **scapula** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The scapula is the shoulder blade, a flat triangle-shaped bone at the top of your back.[↗](../../scapula/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The scapula is also called the shoulder blade.[↗](../../scapula/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Your scapula moves when you lift your arm.[↗](../../scapula/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We found the scapula on the skeleton model.[↗](../../scapula/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He broke his scapula falling off his bike.[↗](../../scapula/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The scapula is flat and triangle-shaped.[↗](../../scapula/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Muscles attach to the scapula.[↗](../../scapula/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **scar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A scar is a mark left on your skin after a cut, burn or wound has healed.[↗](../../scar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A scar is also a lasting sign of a bad experience, in feelings or on land.[↗](../../scar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To scar means to leave a scar.[↗](../../scar/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I have a scar on my knee from falling off my bike.[↗](../../scar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cut healed but left a scar.[↗](../../scar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Harry Potter has a scar on his forehead.[↗](../../scar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scars often fade over time.[↗](../../scar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The forest fire scarred the hills.[↗](../../scar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't pick scabs, or they might scar.[↗](../../scar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat had a scar on its ear from a fight.[↗](../../scar/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Many a wound I got from men, many a sorrowful scar.[↗](../../scar/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.[↗](../../scar/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.13.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../scar/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions; (Writings JOB.7.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../scar/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **scarce** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Scarce means there is not enough of something, or very little is available: «Water is scarce in the desert.».[↗](../../scarce/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Scarce means rare and hard to find.[↗](../../scarce/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Make yourself scarce» means go away quickly or keep out of the way.[↗](../../scarce/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Scarce can also mean hardly or only just, as in 'I could scarce see'.[↗](../../scarce/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Food was scarce during the long winter.[↗](../../scarce/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Water is scarce in the desert, so camels store fat.[↗](../../scarce/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Good seats are scarce, so come early.[↗](../../scarce/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · When the teacher got angry, we made ourselves scarce.[↗](../../scarce/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This rare stamp is very scarce.[↗](../../scarce/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fresh fruit was scarce on the old sailing ships.[↗](../../scarce/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They scarce dared to speak or turn their heads.[↗](../../scarce/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.[↗](../../scarce/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../scarce/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Scarce are they planted, scarce are they sown, scarce hath their stock taken root in the earth; when He bloweth upon them, they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.[↗](../../scarce/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.40.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../scarce/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **scarcely** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Scarcely means hardly, almost not at all: «I could scarcely see» means I could only just see.[↗](../../scarcely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Scarcely … when means that one thing happened almost straight after another.[↗](../../scarcely/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Scarcely can mean surely not: «You can scarcely blame him».[↗](../../scarcely/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was so foggy that we could scarcely see the road.[↗](../../scarcely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There was scarcely any milk left.[↗](../../scarcely/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I could scarcely believe my eyes.[↗](../../scarcely/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We had scarcely sat down when the fire alarm rang.[↗](../../scarcely/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She scarcely ever watches TV.[↗](../../scarcely/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby is scarcely a week old.[↗](../../scarcely/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · You can scarcely blame him for being tired.[↗](../../scarcely/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I scarcely know how I feel."[↗](../../scarcely/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **scarceness** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A lack of enough of something, or want.[↗](../../scarceness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.[↗](../../scarceness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.8.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../scarceness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **scarcity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Scarcity is when there is not enough of something that people need or want.[↗](../../scarcity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (economics) Scarcity is the basic idea that resources are limited, so people must choose.[↗](../../scarcity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Water scarcity is a big problem in dry countries.[↗](../../scarcity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The scarcity of rain killed the crops.[↗](../../scarcity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Because of the scarcity of eggs, the price went up.[↗](../../scarcity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scarcity means people must choose what to buy.[↗](../../scarcity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · During the war there was a scarcity of sugar.[↗](../../scarcity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") 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