PANDEMICS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Pandemic

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

mid 17th century: from Greek pandēmos (from pan ‘all’ + dēmos ‘people’) + -ic

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: panˈdɛmɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease over a whole country or the world at a particular time

Short Definition:

outbreak of pandemic disease

Examples:
  • the impact of the pandemic caused loved ones to be separated and unable to meet in person
  • the results may have been skewed by an influenza pandemic
  • the coronavirus pandemic

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