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pandemic
[ pan-dem-ik ]
adjective
- (of a disease) prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world; epidemic over a large area. Compare epidemic ( def 1 ).
pandemic fear of atomic war.
noun
- a disease prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world.
pandemic
/ æˈɛɪ /
adjective
- (of a disease) affecting persons over a wide geographical area; extensively epidemic
noun
- a pandemic disease
pandemic
- An epidemic that spreads over a very wide area, such as an entire country or continent.
pandemic
- A widespread epidemic affecting a large part of the population.
Other Word Forms
- 貹··· [pan-, dee, -mee-, uh], noun
- 貹····ٲ [pan-d, uh, -, mis, -i-tee], noun
- ·ٱ·貹·· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of pandemic1
Example Sentences
These will be familiar to many from the pandemic, when millions sent off swabs in the post to confirm whether they had Covid.
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.
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.
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.
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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