Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Epidemic"

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It is characterized by very widespread growth or extent : of, relating to, or constituting an epidemic the practice had reached.

In other words: something(usually an infectious disease) that spreads so fast that it impacts the majority within a short timespan.

A: of great loss or cost, high destruction or disruption.

The disease has spread with epidemic proportions.

A: *Hijacking epidemic would imply that there is a series or high occurrence of stealing happening.

A: it means rumours (usually unreliable and not true) that have spread everywhere. It's like a contagious disease, hence the word 'epidemic'

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A: A flu epidemic caused my whole school to be sick.

In 1903, the devastated by an epidemic of the plague.

John died from the flu epidemic.

A: An epidemic refers to a disease in a single community while pandemic refers to a global or continental disease. For example, "That city is having a flu epidemic" vs "The Covid-19 Pandemic has been spread worldwide" You could also say "That city is having a Covid epidemic" because it is referring to that single city

A: 1) Epidemic (noun)
- a widespread infectious disease that reached a sudden increase in cases.
Example: “There was a flu epidemic 100 years ago.”


2)Contagious (adjective)
- used to describe a disease
- meaning: to spread from one organism/people to another.
Example: “Scientists learned that the virus is contagious and people should wear masks.”

A: They can be interchangeable sometimes but here are the actual definitions.

Pandemic - prevalent over a whole country or the world.

Epidemic - a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

Outbreak - the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome, such as war, disease, etc.

An outbreak is usually within a city or small area, an epidemic is usually in a country or state, and a pandemic is the entire continent or world. It's basically just varying sizes. Hope this helps. :)

A: Epidemic: An outbreak of disease that attacks many peoples at about the same time and may spread through one or several communities.

Pandemic: When an epidemic spreads throughout the world. Infectious diseases: Diseases that you can catch. They are communicable.

A: The difference is how spread the disease is:
Pandemic - worldwide/continent wide
Epidemic - from a small city to one entire (small) country

A: The pandemic is serious

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A: Epidemic

A: "Completed" is correct. Although it did not actually finish, we would still use past-tense here.

"The storm started before we finished walking home."
"The bus left before we arrived."
"The class ended before he finished the exam."

A: Depends on if you're referring to just one or several. If you're talking about just one disease that is spreading throughout communities then it's an epidemic, but if there's several diseases spreading then it's epidemics, because you're generally talking about them as a whole. I'm sorry if this confuses you, I got a little carried away😅

A: It's natural. Good job correctly using a colon in your sentence too.

During the epidemic, I mainly do three things at home: study, exercise, and play on my cellphone.

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A: "Just hoping that this horrible epidemic would end as soon as possible."
Played out doesnt really fit into the mood/tone of the sentence