flu
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- noun
- /flu/
:
gripe
- Hey, would you like to get your flu shot today?
- flu vaccine
- flu shot
- flu vaccination
But again, if it's the Spanish flu, then it's different.
- But again, if it's the Spanish flu, then it's different.
- So just how different is COVID to the flu now?
- We really could think of flu then as just a bad cold.
- Think of cancer, of bird flu, swine flu, SARS.
- I, I read the, the flu cases are massively down this year.
- Viruses and diseases like Ebola, Zika, flu, and even HIV.
- If we've just discussed even within flu, there are different strains.
- Just saying, I hope this isn't a bad flu season this year.
- There's some kind of not COVID, but some kind of weird flu cold thing going around.
- And all the diseases, you get the flu, you just die.
- The first thing we get that's bird flu related, it's really bad.
- You just pass the frog when the flu comes on.
Examples
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Protecting children against flu also limits the spread among family members and the wider community.
Academic text (2012) -
She decided to stay home from work because she was feeling really sick with flu.
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You have the flu, you have a temperature.
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Once he came to school with the flu, and we had to send him home.
Fiction book (1992) -
Thanks, but we're all down with the flu.
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So the seasonal flu kills way more than that.
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I never quite recovered from the flu this spring, and I hated to leave you.
Fiction book (1996) -
In a typical flu season, productivity costs are ten times greater than all other flu-related costs combined.
Academic text (2005) -
There's a lot of flu going around this time of year, isn't that so?
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Many readers may have experienced a flu-like illness for which they visited a medical office for evaluation.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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3.3
A contagious illness caused by a virus that gives fever, body aches, and cough
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9.9
A contagious illness like the flu that causes fever and cough
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.2
A disease from pigs that can spread to people and causes fever and cough
- Informal
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2.5
An illness that makes your stomach and intestines sore and swollen, causing vomiting and diarrhea
- Informal
A feeling of being very tired and stressed after long talks between countries
- Slang
A funny name for someone who looks very sick with the flu or for a widespread flu outbreak
How Severe
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Flu is short for influenza, which comes from an Italian word that meant 'influence'. People once thought the stars' 'influence' could make people sick, so influenza became the name for this illness and today we simply call it flu.