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# pandemic

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

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

## Everyday

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pandemic/#m1)
2. As an adjective, pandemic means spreading everywhere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pandemic/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pandemic/#x1)
- During the pandemic we learnt at home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pandemic/#x2)
- The Black Death was a terrible pandemic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pandemic/#x3)
- Washing hands helps slow down a pandemic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pandemic/#x4)
- Scientists made vaccines during the pandemic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pandemic/#x5)
- A pandemic spreads to many countries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pandemic/#x6)
- Grandma remembers the pandemic lockdowns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pandemic/#x7)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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