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# influenza

noun (influenza, uncountable); short form flu

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

## Everyday

An illness caused by a virus, with a high temperature, aches, a sore throat, a cough and great tiredness; it spreads easily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influenza/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science and health lessons: flu is caused by a virus, so antibiotics do not work on it; vaccines help protect. In everyday life people say «the flu» or «flu». History lessons may mention great flu pandemics. Phrases: flu jab, flu season.

### Examples

- Influenza is spread by coughs and sneezes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influenza/#x1)
- Grandma has her flu jab every winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influenza/#x2)
- I was off school with influenza for a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influenza/#x3)
- Catch it, bin it, kill it — to stop flu spreading. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influenza/#x4)
- Influenza is caused by a virus, not bacteria. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influenza/#x5)
- The doctor said it was influenza, not a cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influenza/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable. Short form: flu (the flu). A cold is milder than flu. Antibiotics do not cure flu because it is a virus. The word «flu» is not the same as «flew» (past of fly) or «flue» (a chimney pipe) — all three sound alike.

## On Mova

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