Pandemic - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|pænˈdemɪk|
Brit.
|pænˈdemɪk|
noun
- an epidemic that is geographically widespread; occurring throughout a region or even throughout the world
adjective
- epidemic over a wide geographical area
a pandemic outbreak of malaria
- existing everywherepandemic fear of nuclear war
Extra examples
The 1918 flu pandemic claimed millions of lives.
One pandemic of Spanish flu took nearly 22 million lives worldwide.
There is evidence that this gambling pandemic is going global.
...a prognostic of a global pandemic that turned out to be distressingly accurate...
...the fear that the next global pandemic could be an apocalypse of biblical proportions...
Word forms
noun
singular: pandemic
plural: pandemics
singular: pandemic
plural: pandemics
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