ELECTRICITY


Meaning of ELECTRICITY in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ high-voltage , low-voltage

▪ mains ( BrE )

▪ static

▪ cheap , low-cost

▪ free

▪ wholesale

▪ clean , green ( esp. BrE ), renewable ( esp. BrE )

▪ solar , wind-generated

VERB + ELECTRICITY

▪ create , generate , make , produce

▪ deliver , provide , supply

The hydroelectric plant provides ~ for half the island's population.

▪ have

All the houses now have ~.

▪ conduct

Metals conduct ~ well.

▪ be powered by , consume , use

▪ cut off , disconnect

Her ~ was cut off when she didn't pay her bill.

▪ lose

More than a million customers lost ~ following the flooding.

▪ restore

Crews did their best to restore ~ after the storm.

▪ save

I switched the light off to save ~.

▪ sell

▪ buy , purchase

ELECTRICITY + VERB

▪ flow , run

Electricity flows through the wires in the circuit.

▪ surge through sth

ELECTRICITY + NOUN

▪ bill

Insulating your house could cut your ~ bill by half.

▪ charges , costs , prices , rates ( esp. AmE )

a 10% drop in ~ prices

▪ meter ( esp. BrE )

▪ board ( esp. BrE ), company , industry , sector , supplier

▪ supply

▪ grid , network , system

The town will soon be connected to the national ~ grid.

▪ market

▪ consumption , demand , usage , use

▪ shortage

▪ crisis

the company's role in California's ~ crisis

▪ blackout

A high-voltage fault sparked an ~ blackout.

▪ generation , production

▪ deregulation

▪ generator , plant , substation ( esp. BrE )

▪ pylon ( esp. BrE )

▪ cable , line , wire

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