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pandemic

[ pan-dem-ik ]

adjective

  1. (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area. Compare epidemic ( def 1 ).
  2. pandemic fear of atomic war.



noun

  1. a disease prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world.

pandemic

/ æˈɛɪ /

adjective

  1. (of a disease) affecting persons over a wide geographical area; extensively epidemic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a pandemic disease
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pandemic

  1. An epidemic that spreads over a very wide area, such as an entire country or continent.

pandemic

  1. A widespread epidemic affecting a large part of the population.
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Other Word Forms

  • 貹··· [pan-, dee, -mee-, uh], noun
  • 貹····ٲ [pan-d, uh, -, mis, -i-tee], noun
  • ·ٱ·貹·· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pandemic1

First recorded in 1660–70; from Late Latin 貹Իŧ(ܲ), from Greek áԻŧDz “common, public” ( pan- “all” + ê(Dz) “the people” + -os adjective suffix) + -ic; pan-
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pandemic1

C17: from Late Latin 貹Իŧܲ, from Greek 貹ԻŧDz general, from pan- + demos the people
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Example Sentences

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These will be familiar to many from the pandemic, when millions sent off swabs in the post to confirm whether they had Covid.

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During the pandemic, families, tiny day-camper explorers and the public en masse hit the trails in their masks and basketball sneakers; it suddenly felt like Disneyland.

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But it was their follow-up, held outdoors during the pandemic, with a $40 registration fee, that drew 140 vintage Japanese cars and several hundred attendees.

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Last October, Do, a former Orange County supervisor, admitted guilt in funneling more than $10 million in federal pandemic funds through a nonprofit linked to his daughter.

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They argued that pandemic restrictions "have a sustained legacy in Scottish prisons," with many inmates still locked in cells from late afternoon until the following morning.

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