pandemic

«pandemic» in Mova's school dictionary: an outbreak of an infectious disease that spreads across… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a pandemic, pandemics); adjective (pandemic)

meaning for a pupil

1) A pandemic is an outbreak of an infectious disease that spreads across many countries or the whole world and makes very many people ill. tree →

2) As an adjective, pandemic means spreading everywhere. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health and science lessons, the COVID-19 pandemic is a recent example: schools closed, people wore masks, and vaccines were made. In history, the Black Death and the great flu after the First World War were pandemics. An «epidemic» is a big outbreak in one area; a pandemic is worldwide.

examples

• The COVID-19 pandemic closed schools around the world. tree →
• During the pandemic we learnt at home. tree →
• The Black Death was a terrible pandemic. tree →
• Washing hands helps slow down a pandemic. tree →
• Scientists made vaccines during the pandemic. tree →
• A pandemic spreads to many countries. tree →
• Grandma remembers the pandemic lockdowns. tree →

note

Countable: pandemics. Trap: «pandemic» (worldwide) vs «epidemic» (one region) vs «endemic» (always present in a place). «Pan-» means «all», as in «panorama».

In the corpora

• In 2020 it spread across the whole world because nobody's body knew it yet: that is what a pandemic means.
• A pandemic is a new disease spreading across many countries because nobody has immunity yet.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pandemic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.