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calamity
CEFRC1
/kəˈlæmɪti/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A serious event causing great damage or suffering.
- 02
noun
Extra detailThe distress that results from some disaster.
Examples
A calamity was avoided by sheer luck.
He prophesied that a dreadful calamity would happen.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 4
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningAn event resulting in great loss.
More examples
In contextRomeo come forth / Come forth thou fearfull man, / Affliction is enamor’d of thy parts: / And thou art wedded to calamitie.
Yet, at that moment, she felt as if the acquisition of these gems were a calamity. Their possession involved separation from her uncle, from every relic of home affections, and from all that yet lingered with her of her childhood.
And the village was deserted, the huts gaped black, rotting, all askew within the fallen enclosures. A calamity had come to it, sure enough.
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Origin
noun
From Middle French calamité, from Latin calamitās (“loss, damage; disaster”).