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pan-DEM-ik/pænˈdemɪk/

A pandemic is a disease prevalent over a whole country or the world (also adjective): a pandemic clause, a flu pandemic. Epidemic (already in the dictionary) is the smaller twin; a caption is not a risk file.

Meaning

A disease prevalent over a whole country or the world (also adjective; from epidemic, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “A pandemic clause in the risk file is not a foyer caption.”
• “Epidemic is already in this course. Disease is already in this course. A caption is comms. A line on the register is a file. Write the clause; then keep the caption if the sitting still stands.”

Good to know

A disease across a country or the world. Close: epidemic (already in the dictionary). A caption ≠ a risk file.

Near in meaning

epidemic, outbreak, plague

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