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# rationed

verb form (ration, rations, rationed, rationing); adjective (rationed)

«rationed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Past of «ration»: limited the amount of something each person could have, because there was not enough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rationed/#m1)
2. adjective Given out in fixed, limited amounts: «rationed food». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rationed/#m2)
3. Used carefully in small amounts to make it last: «I rationed my sweets.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rationed/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history lessons, food like sugar, butter and meat was rationed during wartime with ration books. In everyday life, families ration screen time or treats; in a drought, water may be rationed. In maths, rationing means sharing a fixed amount equally. Phrases: «strictly rationed», «rationed out».

### Examples

- During the war, sugar and butter were rationed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rationed/#x1)
- We rationed our water on the long hike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rationed/#x2)
- Mum rationed the chocolate so it lasted all week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rationed/#x3)
- Screen time is rationed in our house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rationed/#x4)
- The sailors rationed the food until help came. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rationed/#x5)
- Petrol was rationed when supplies ran low. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rationed/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb: ration, rationed, rationing. Noun «a ration» (a fixed share). In maths problems: if 12 biscuits are rationed equally over 4 days, that is 12 ÷ 4 = 3 a day. Pronounced RASH-und (UK, also RAY-shund in US).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rationed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rationed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rationed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rationed.html) on Mova free.