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pandemic

/pænˈdemɪk/noun

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महामारी (विश्वव्यापी)

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noun
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    a disease that spreads over a whole country or the whole world

    महामारी (विश्वव्यापी)

    • The COVID-19 pandemic closed schools for two years.
    • The pandemic changed the way students attend classes.
    • The government set up new hospitals during the pandemic.
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    • Scientists warn that another pandemic could appear without warning.
    • Online learning grew very fast during the pandemic.
adjective
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    (of a disease) spread over a whole country or the whole world

    विश्वव्यापी (रोग)

    • a pandemic virus
    • Health experts warned about a pandemic outbreak of flu.
    • The pandemic disease spread across several continents within weeks.
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    • Experts feared a pandemic form of the virus.
    • It was a pandemic infection that crossed many borders.
⌂Word origin and word building

Learn the set: endemic (found regularly in a particular area), epidemic (spreading rapidly in a region), pandemic (spreading across countries), sporadic (occurring here and there).

समूह याद रखिए: endemic (किसी क्षेत्र में हमेशा पाई जाने वाली), epidemic (क्षेत्र में तेज़ी से फैलने वाली), pandemic (कई देशों में फैली), sporadic (कहीं-कहीं होने वाली)।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

A disease prevalent over a whole country or the world.

'पूरे देश या दुनिया में फैली बीमारी' के लिए यह शब्द आता है।