bout
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4.4
- noun
- /baʊt/
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episodio
- So I understand you just had a bout of COVID.
- suffer bouts
- bouts of coughing
- bouts of diarrhea
So either bouts of diarrhoea, bouts of Constipation or both.
- So either bouts of diarrhoea, bouts of Constipation or both.
- What did you do mentally to overcome bouts of intense hunger?
- So he he's going through these bouts where he's not eating.
- And then anxiety and a lot of long term listeners will know bouts of depression.
- And I was very fit and, and then I start to get these bouts of fatigue more than anything.
- Her, her body is riddled with cancer and she's had multiple bouts with it.
- I'm still dealing with bouts of depression and I can't figure out why.
- Yeah, in constant light that I would still sleep in one coherent bout.
- Or it's actually more like a line such that you need far fewer bouts of stress in order to lapse into a major depression.
- Can you tell people a little bit about muscle memory and how the muscle adapts to repeated bouts of resistance training?
- She gets she gets frequent bouts of diarrhea and she's also had pneumonia twice this year alone.
- He, he, he had a bad, a bad cancer from all the details I know he, he had a remission after a long bout with cancer.
- And he was at my side constantly, in and out of the hospital during too long bouts with cancer.
- But still standing after her bout with the wings of death.
Examples
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When I was young, I had this severe bout with scoliosis.
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He had a recent bout with kidney disease.
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Two years ago, he had his first bout; he was just eighteen then.
Fiction book (1994) -
But yes, my father had a bout of hypertension.
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Struck by another bout of ill health, Jordan went home to recover.
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A bout of fever struck me down the moment l landed.
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A child should also eat as soon as possible after a bout of diarrhea, at least within 6 hours.
Academic text (2007) -
The president, suffering an intense bout of melancholia, refuses to see members of his cabinet.
Fiction book (2001) -
Since then, she has experienced multiple bouts of osteomyelitis that were treated with intravenous antibiotics.
Academic text (2010) -
After recovering from her previous illness, she was once again hit by a bout of flu.
Synonyms
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5.1
A short period of time with a particular condition or activity
1
3.8
A short time when a person is sick
A time when someone drinks a lot of alcohol without stopping
Antonyms
∞
1.0
The condition of a person's body and mind, especially being free from illness or injury
Compounds
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bout comes from an old idea of a short 'turn' or 'round', so a 'bout of illness' is a brief period when someone is sick.