epidemic
🇺🇸
/ˌepɪˈdemɪk/
🇬🇧
/ˌepɪˈdemɪk/
noun
C1
A disease that spreads quickly to many people in a community
The city faced an epidemic of flu that made many people sick.
C1
A sudden big increase in something bad happening
There is an epidemic of car thefts in our neighborhood.
adjective
R
Happening more and more often in a place
Loneliness has become epidemic among young people.
R
Affecting many people in a community at the same time
The epidemic spread of the virus worried health officials.
translation
A disease that spreads quickly to many people in a community; A sudden big increase in something bad happening
Happening more and more often in a place; Affecting many people in a community at the same time
Word Forms
Plural
epidemics