pandemic

CEFRB2

/pænˈdɛmɪk/

noun · adjective

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  1. 01

    noun

    A disease outbreak that spreads across many countries or continents.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.

Examples

  • European officials say they fear the spread could quickly develop into a pandemic.

  • The government has drawn up guidelines for schools during the pandemic.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. General, widespread.

  2. The COVID-19 pandemic.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.

More examples

In context

  • Tom is afraid of the pandemic.

  • The chaotic breakdown of public health as World War I dragged on is widely recognized as exacerbating the disease burden of the pandemic outbreak of influenza in 1918.

  • Diſeaſes are likewise endemic and pandemic. [...] The pandemic affect the People in general at one and the ſame Time, without Regard to Sex, Age, Condition, or Temperament; ſuch as peſtilential Diſeaſes.

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Origin

noun

From Ancient Greek πάνδημος (pándēmos, “of or belonging to all the people, public”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). πάνδημος is derived from παν- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all, every’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, shepherd”)) + δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people; free citizens, sovereign people”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to divide, share”)). Compare Late Latin pandēmus (“affecting all the people, general, public”).