ration B1 Topic:Numbers & Quantity US /ˈɹæʃən/ UK /ˈɹeɪʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #13398 Meanings 1 noun A fixed amount of food or supplies given to a person when there is not enough for everyone. The bread ration was reduced during the war. 2 verb To limit someone to a fixed amount of something that is in short supply. We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued. Thesaurus Synonyms hooverize Word family Forms rationedrationingrations Derived forms derationrationablerationer Common collocations ration card Noun + noun Etymology AI details From French ration. Doublet of reason and ratio. *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European ration French View etymology graph -> Topics Numbers & Quantity External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # ration **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈɹæʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɹeɪʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 13398 ## Meanings 1. A fixed amount of food or supplies given to a person when there is not enough for everyone. 2. To limit someone to a fixed amount of something that is in short supply. ## Examples - The bread ration was reduced during the war. - We rationed ourselves to three sips of water a day until we were rescued. ## Synonyms - hooverize ## Derived Forms - deration - rationable - rationer ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *h₂er- - Root: ration ## Etymology From French ration. Doublet of reason and ratio. ## AI Etymology Ration comes from French ration. Doublet of reason and ratio. Modern senses include a fixed amount of food or supplies given to a person when there is not enough for everyone. and to limit someone to a fixed amount of something that is in short supply.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as deration, rationable, and rationer. ## Topics - Numbers & Quantity markdown