transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪtʃ ]
( richer, richest, riches)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A rich person has a lot of money or valuable possessions.
Their one aim in life is to get rich...
≠ poor
ADJ
•
The rich are rich people.
This is a system in which the rich are cared for and the poor are left to suffer...
N-PLURAL : the N
2.
Riches are valuable possessions or large amounts of money.
An Olympic gold medal can lead to untold riches for an athlete...
N-PLURAL
3.
A rich country has a strong economy and produces a lot of wealth, so many people who live there have a high standard of living.
There is hunger in many parts of the world, even in rich countries.
≠ poor
ADJ
4.
If you talk about the earth’s riches , you are referring to things that exist naturally in large quantities and that are useful and valuable, for example minerals, wood, and oil.
...Russia’s vast natural riches.
N-PLURAL : usu supp N
5.
If something is rich in a useful or valuable substance or is a rich source of it, it contains a lot of it.
Liver and kidney are particularly rich in vitamin A...
ADJ : v-link ADJ in n , ADJ n
6.
Rich food contains a lot of fat or oil.
Additional cream would make it too rich.
ADJ
• rich‧ness
The coffee flavour complemented the richness of the pudding.
N-UNCOUNT
7.
Rich soil contains large amounts of substances that make it good for growing crops or flowers in.
Farmers grow rice in the rich soil.
≠ poor
ADJ
8.
A rich deposit of a mineral or other substance is a large amount of it.
...the country’s rich deposits of the metal, lithium.
ADJ
• rich‧ness
...the richness of the country’s mineral deposits.
N-UNCOUNT
9.
If you say that something is a rich vein or source of something such as humour, ideas, or information, you mean that it can provide a lot of that thing.
The director discovered a rich vein of sentimentality...
ADJ : ADJ n
10.
Rich smells are strong and very pleasant. Rich colours and sounds are deep and very pleasant.
...a rich and luxuriously perfumed bath essence.
ADJ
• rich‧ness
...the richness of colour in Gauguin’s paintings.
N-UNCOUNT
11.
A rich life or history is one that is interesting because it is full of different events and activities.
A rich and varied cultural life is essential for this couple.
ADJ
• rich‧ness
It all adds to the richness of human life.
N-UNCOUNT
12.
A rich collection or mixture contains a wide and interesting variety of different things.
Visitors can view a rich and colorful array of aquatic plants and animals...
ADJ
• rich‧ness
...a huge country, containing a richness of culture and diversity of landscape.
N-UNCOUNT
13.
If you say that something a person says or does is rich , you are making fun of it because you think it is a surprising and inappropriate thing for them to say or do. ( INFORMAL )
Gil says that women can’t keep secrets. That’s rich, coming from him, the professional sneak.
ADJ : v-link ADJ [ feelings ]
14.
If you say that someone is filthy rich or stinking rich , you disapprove of them because they have a lot of money. ( INFORMAL )
He’s stinking rich, and with no more talent than he ever had before.
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PHRASE : v-link PHR , PHR n [ disapproval ]