drought

B2 Topic:Weather & Climate

Also spelled drouth

US /ˈdɹɐʊ̯t/ UK /ˈdɹaʊ̯t/ See IPA manual

Freq #11796

Meanings

1

noun
A long period with little or no rain, causing a shortage of water.

Farmers lost most of their crops during the long drought.
2

noun
A long period without something you want or expect, such as success.

The team's victory ended a ten-year drought of championships.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a long period with little... drouth

2 noun · a long period without... losing streak

Word family

Forms droughts

Derived forms antidroughtdrought-tolerantdroughteddroughtingdroughtlessdroughtproofdroughtymegadroughtpredrought

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Phrases (1)

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long drought
An extended period with very little or no rainfall.

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English droughte, droghte, drouȝte, from Old English drūgaþ. Cognate with Dutch droogte, Low German Dröögde. By surface analysis, dry + -t (abstract nominal suffix).

droughte Middle English drūgaþ Old English

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Topics

Weather & Climate

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# drought

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɹɐʊ̯t/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdɹaʊ̯t/
**Frequency rank:** 11796

## Meanings
1. A long period with little or no rain, causing a shortage of water.
2. A long period without something you want or expect, such as success.

## Examples
- Farmers lost most of their crops during the long drought.
- The team's victory ended a ten-year drought of championships.

## Derived Forms
- antidrought
- drought-tolerant
- droughted
- droughting
- droughtless
- droughtproof
- droughty
- megadrought
- predrought

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: droughte
- Root: drūgaþ

## Etymology
From Middle English droughte, droghte, drouȝte, from Old English drūgaþ. Cognate with Dutch droogte, Low German Dröögde. By surface analysis, dry + -t (abstract nominal suffix).

## AI Etymology
Drought comes from Middle English droughte, droghte, drouȝte, from Old English drūgaþ. Cognate with Dutch droogte, Low German Dröögde. By surface analysis, dry + -t (abstract nominal suffix). In current use, the main senses are “A long period with little or no rain, causing a shortage of water” and “A long period without something you want or expect, such as success”.

## Topics
- Weather & Climate

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