pandemic

🇺🇸 /pænˈdemɪk/ 🇬🇧 /pænˈdemɪk/
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noun
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An outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected millions of people worldwide.

adjective
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Affecting or involving a whole country, continent, or the whole world.

The pandemic effect of the virus was felt in every corner of the globe.

translation

n. An outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population.
adj. Affecting or involving a whole country, continent, or the whole world.

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Plural pandemics