electricity

electricity
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 electricity for half the island's population.

▪ have
▪

All the houses now have electricity.

▪ conduct
▪

Metals conduct electricity well.

▪ be powered by, consume, use
▪ cut off, disconnect
▪

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

▪ lose
▪

More than a million customers lost electricity following the flooding.

▪ restore
▪

Crews did their best to restore electricity after the storm.

▪ save
▪

I switched the light off to save electricity.

▪ 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 electricity bill by half.

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

a 10% drop in electricity prices

▪ meter (esp. BrE)
▪ board (esp. BrE), company, industry, sector, supplier
▪ supply
▪ grid, network, system
▪

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

▪ market
▪ consumption, demand, usage, use
▪ shortage
▪ crisis
▪

the company's role in California's electricity crisis

▪ blackout
▪

A high-voltage fault sparked an electricity blackout.

▪ generation, production
▪ deregulation
▪ generator, plant, substation (esp. BrE)
▪ pylon (esp. BrE)
▪ cable, line, wire

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