waste
gb/wˈeɪst/ us/wˈeɪst/
A2
Ingles
~ 2700
Mga kahulugan
0 kahulugan
Pangngalan
A2
entity
1
Unwanted or unusable material
Things that are not wanted and are thrown away.
Padron ng paggamit:
[something] is waste
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners sometimes confuse 'waste' (unwanted material) with 'waste' (to use carelessly). Context helps to distinguish them.
Mga kasingkahulugan
garbage (More common in North American English for household waste; less formal.)
Mga kasalungat
resource (Something useful or valuable, the opposite of unwanted material.)
Mga kolokasyon
waste disposal
|waste management
|reduce waste
|waste collection
|hazardous waste
Mga tema
environment
|daily life
|business
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Mga Halimbawa
- The factory produces a lot of chemical waste.
- Please put your food waste in the compost bin.
- Electronic waste is a growing environmental problem.
- They are finding new ways to recycle plastic waste.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- The bin is full of waste.
- We must not throw waste in the street.
- This machine reduces food waste.
- They burn the waste at the plant.
Pandiwa
A2
action
2
Use carelessly or without benefit
To use something in a bad way so that it is lost.
Padron ng paggamit:
to waste [something] on [something/someone]
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners sometimes confuse 'waste' (to use badly) with 'spend' (neutral). 'Spend' is not always negative.
Mga kasingkahulugan
squander (More formal and often used for money or opportunities.)
Mga kasalungat
conserve (To use something carefully so it lasts longer.)
Mga kolokasyon
waste time
|waste money
|waste resources
|waste energy
Mga tema
daily life
|business
|core_vocabulary
|finance
Mga Halimbawa
- Don't waste your time arguing with him.
- She wasted a lot of money on clothes she never wore.
- We can't afford to waste energy during the winter.
- He wasted his talent on a job he hated.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- Don't waste water when you wash dishes.
- She wasted all her money on toys.
- We waste too much paper at school.
- He wasted his chance to win.
Pangngalan
A2
action
3
Unnecessary use of something valuable
When something valuable is used in a bad way and lost.
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners may confuse this noun sense with the physical-material noun sense; here it is about the act, not the object.
Mga kasingkahulugan
misuse (Focuses more on wrong or improper use rather than simply careless loss.)
Mga kasalungat
efficient use (Using something in the best possible way.)
Mga kolokasyon
a waste of time
|a waste of money
|a complete waste
Mga tema
daily life
|core_vocabulary
|finance
Mga Halimbawa
- It would be a waste of time to try again.
- Throwing away good food is such a waste.
- The meeting was a total waste of resources.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- The trip was a waste of money.
- This game is a waste of time.
- Selling the car now is a waste.
adjective
B2
state
4
Thin and weak from illness or hunger
Very thin and weak because of being sick or not having enough food.
Mga kasingkahulugan
emaciated (More formal and medical term for extremely thin due to illness.)
Mga kasalungat
healthy (Having good health and normal strength.)
Mga kolokasyon
waste body
|waste appearance
Mga tema
health
|body
Mga Halimbawa
- The patient looked pale and wasted after months in bed.
- He was wasted by the long illness.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- She looks wasted after the sickness.
- He became wasted from hunger.
- The old man was wasted by disease.
Gramatika
Anyo sa diksyunaryo
waste
IPA
GB/wˈeɪst/
US/wˈeɪst/
Mga pantig at diin
waste (1 pantig)
Stress on 1st syllable (waste)
Mga anyo ng salita
Adjective
- Base: waste
Noun
- Base: waste
- Plural: waste, wastes
Verb
- Base: waste
- 3rd Person Singular: wastes
- Present Participle: wasting
- Past: wasted
Mga kaugnay na salita
Forms
wastes
noun
wasting
verb
wasted
verb
Core family
wasteful
adjective B2
Related words
wastefully
adverb
wastefulness
noun
Advanced or less common
wastage
noun
Mga ekspresyon
a waste of space
1/ə wˈeɪst əv spˈeɪs/
idiom
informal
Useless person or thing
Someone or something that is useless and takes up space.
Mga Halimbawa
- That broken printer is just a waste of space.
- He's such a waste of space—he never helps with anything.
go to waste
1/ɡˈoʊ tə wˈeɪst/
idiom
Be unused and spoiled/lost
To not be used and therefore be lost or ruined.
Mga Halimbawa
- Don't let those apples go to waste—make a pie!
- His skills went to waste in that boring job.
lay waste to
1/lˈeɪ wˈeɪst tə/
idiom
literary
Destroy completely; devastate
To completely destroy something so that nothing is left.
Mga Halimbawa
- The hurricane laid waste to the coastal towns.
- The army laid waste to the enemy's land.
waste away
1/wˈeɪst əwˈeɪ/
phrasal verb
Become thin and weak from illness/hunger
To slowly become very thin and weak because of sickness or lack of food.
Mga Halimbawa
- She wasted away after months in hospital.
- The dog was wasting away when they found it.