epidemic
Aussprache: [ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk]
Wort
Kontext: „health“
(noun) an epidemic is when a disease spreads quickly and affects a lot of people in a certain area or community. It's like when many kids in your school get the flu at the same time.
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Last year, there was an epidemic of chickenpox in our town.
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There was no epidemic of colds during the summer vacation.
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Do you think an epidemic of the flu will happen this winter?
Kontext: „health“
(adjective) when something is related to or characteristic of an epidemic. For example, if we say an epidemic outbreak, it means a sudden spreading of a disease.
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The health department issued a warning about the epidemic situation in the neighborhood.
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There was no epidemic warning for the regular seasonal allergies this year.
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What measures are being taken to control the epidemic outbreak?
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