sickness

«sickness» in Mova's school dictionary: being ill or unwell — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (sickness, uncountable; a sickness, sicknesses)

meaning for a pupil

1) Sickness is being ill or unwell. tree →

2) A sickness is a particular illness or disease. tree →

3) Sickness can mean feeling like you are going to vomit (throw up), as in travel sickness or seasickness. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health lessons, sickness is what germs can cause, and washing hands helps stop sickness spreading. In everyday life, children may get car sickness or seasickness on trips. Phrases: «motion sickness», «travel sickness», «sickness bug», «in sickness and in health».

examples

• He missed school because of sickness. tree →
• Washing your hands helps stop sickness from spreading. tree →
• I get car sickness on long, winding roads. tree →
• She took a pill for seasickness before the ferry trip. tree →
• Altitude sickness can happen high up in the mountains. tree →
• The farmer worried about a sickness among his cows. tree →
• A tummy sickness went round the whole class. tree →
• Our food gave out, and we suffered much from sickness on board. tree →

note

Mostly uncountable («a lot of sickness»), but countable for kinds of illness («many sicknesses»). Sickness = illness; «sick» in US English means ill, but in UK English «be sick» often means vomit. «Homesickness» is a sad feeling of missing home, not an illness of the body.

In the corpora

• Morning sickness is feeling or being sick in early pregnancy, and despite the name it can happen at any time of day.
• Morning sickness usually gets better after about three or four months, and it is not catching.
• Real illness doesn't come and go to match homework and play, so fake sickness shows a pattern.
• Concussion is a brain injury from the brain being shaken; it can cause headache, dizziness, sickness, confusion and memory gaps.
• As the anaesthetic wears off, children may feel sleepy, sick or muddled, and recovery nurses give medicine for sickness or pain.

Trees and pragmatics

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