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# leakage

«leakage» in Mova's school dictionary: **liquid, gas or light escaping through a hole or crack** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (leakage, a leakage)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Leakage is liquid, gas or light escaping through a hole or crack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leakage/#m1)

2) Leakage is also the amount that escapes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leakage/#m2)

3) Leakage of information is when secret or private facts get out to people who should not have them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leakage/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science it is about pipes, batteries and gas safety; in everyday life about leaking roofs and taps; in news about secret information getting out. A gas leakage is dangerous: leave the place and tell an adult.

### examples

- Water leakage made a stain on the ceiling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leakage/#x1)
- The plumber found the cause of the leakage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leakage/#x2)
- Old batteries can have leakage of acid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leakage/#x3)
- A gas leakage can cause a fire, so open the windows and get out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leakage/#x4)
- The tank lost ten litres through leakage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leakage/#x5)
- The company worried about the leakage of secret plans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leakage/#x6)

### note

Usually uncountable: «some leakage». The verb is «leak», and «a leak» is the more common everyday noun. In a maths problem, leakage is an amount lost, so you subtract it.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «leakage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leakage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.