pandemic
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- noun
- /pænˈdɛmɪk/
- Specialized
- The COVID-19 pandemic affected millions of people around the world.
- pandemic influenza
- pandemic flu
- AIDS pandemic
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Watch on YouTubeAnd it started with a respiratory pandemic that started in China.
- And it started with a respiratory pandemic that started in China.
- I mean, I've seen so many people during this pandemic last March.
- So I sort of lived and breathed this pandemic for two years straight.
- Armies will defeat armies, pandemics will be unleashed.
- And we were in the pandemic and I was depressed.
- People before the pandemic came in and had MRI brain scans.
- That's the passport out of this pandemic once and for all.
- So now that we are coming out of the pandemic, now what?
- Again, COVID pandemic first, Delta variant next.
- After all, we are coming out of a pandemic and are in war.
- Big, big problems from climate change to, to pandemics and, and beyond.
- Yet just after the pandemic, there was censorship, wasn't it?
- From an economics perspective, how do you think this pandemic will change the world?
- They took a complete stranger in a pandemic into their house.
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The time to launch such initiatives is now, before the next global pandemic occurs.
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What are the effects of this dreadful pandemic on societies?
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So in the middle of that pandemic, my son was born.
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So we'll keep you safe during the pandemic, but we'll do that.
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But in the period since the pandemic, something has gone wrong.
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I will say I think the pandemic made everyone slow down.
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This pandemic is really hard on everybody.
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Due to the pandemic, that performance, which was scheduled for last year, had to be canceled.
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We need greater investment as this dual pandemic ravages America.
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SARS provided a taste of the impact a killer influenza pandemic would have on the global economy.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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A disease that spreads to many people in one area at the same time
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A sudden start of disease or violence that affects many people
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A very serious disease that spreads quickly and kills many people
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A very large disease outbreak that kills many people
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A disease that spreads quickly and affects many people in one area
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A disease that kills many people quickly, for example the plague
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Morphology
pandemic = pan + dem + ic
The elements pan- ('all') and -dem- ('people') are etymologically meaningful and recognizable to learners familiar with words like 'pan-' and 'democracy', but the combining form is not a standalone English base, so the relation is helpfully but not fully transparent.
Etymology
The word pandemic comes from two parts: pan meaning 'all' and demos meaning 'people'. So a pandemic is a disease that reaches 'all the people', often spreading across many countries or the whole world.