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# dizziness

noun (dizziness — uncountable)

«dizziness» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Dizziness is the feeling that you or the things around you are spinning, or that you might fall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#m1)
2. It can come from spinning round, standing up too fast, being hot, hungry or ill, or from a head injury. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#m2)

### In the lessons

In health and safety lessons dizziness is a warning sign: sit or lie down, drink water, and tell an adult, especially after a knock on the head or in hot weather. In science, the inner ear helps balance; spinning confuses it and causes dizziness. Phrases: «feel dizzy», «a spell of dizziness», «dizziness and headache».

### Examples

- Spinning round and round gives me dizziness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x1)
- She felt dizziness after standing up too quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x2)
- Dizziness can be a sign of dehydration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x3)
- Tell the teacher if you have dizziness after a fall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x4)
- The medicine may cause dizziness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x5)
- His dizziness went away after a rest and a drink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x6)
- The ride gave me a moment of dizziness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x7)
- Sit down if you feel dizziness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x8)
- Oh! were I but loose; my dizziness would then cease; oh, were my head but loose!” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x9)

### Note

Uncountable. Adjective: dizzy (dizzier, dizziest). Spelling: dizzy → dizziness (y becomes i, double z). Safety: dizziness with headache, vomiting or confusion after a head knock needs a doctor.

## In Jewish tradition

It means a confused spirit that makes people stumble. It is sent by God as a punishment.

**Interpretation.** Isaiah says God sends a spirit of confusion on Egypt's leaders, which the tradition reads as God making the plans of the proud fail.

### Examples

- The LORD hath mingled within her a spirit of dizziness; and they have caused Egypt to stagger in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. (Prophets ISA.19.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dizziness/#x1)

### Note

Uncountable. Adjective: dizzy (dizzier, dizziest). Spelling: dizzy → dizziness (y becomes i, double z). Safety: dizziness with headache, vomiting or confusion after a head knock needs a doctor.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dizziness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «dizziness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dizziness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dizziness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/dizziness.html) on Mova free.