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droughts

English

Noun

droughts

  1. plural of drought

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drought

English

Alternative forms

  • drouth (Scotland, Northern England, poetry). The pronunciation with /?/ properly belongs with this now archaic doublet.

Etymology

From Middle English droghte, drou?te, druhhþe, dru?þe, drou?th, from Old English dr?gaþ, equivalent to dry +? -th. Cognate with Dutch droogte, Low German Dröögde.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /d?a?t/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): [d???t]
  • Rhymes: -a?t

Noun

drought (countable and uncountable, plural droughts)

  1. A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
  2. (by extension, informal) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.

Derived terms

Synonyms

  • losing streak

Antonyms

  • winning streak

Translations

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