Vocabulary
Epidemic
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
Urdu meaning
وبائ، وبائی مرض، وبائی بیماری
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- [](C) If this condition is not accepted, then pilgrims should not be sent until the epidemic is over.
- But laws are futile if they are not enacted and they alone cannot address the epidemic.
- Why can`t we develop mechanisms that address an epidemic of GBV and sexual abuse, especially of children?
- This has produced what UN Secretary General António Guterres once described as an `epidemic of impunity`.
- In 2017, KP set an example by seeking help from the Punjab government, which had fought a dengue epidemic in 2011 with a remarkable strategy involving collaboration between Pakistani, Indonesian and Sri Lankan medical experts.
Synonyms
outbreak, plague, scourge, infestation, widespread illness/disease
Curator example
“a flu epidemic”
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