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outbreak of disease
UK/ˈaʊtbreɪk əv dɪˈziːz/US/ˈaʊtbreɪk əv dɪˈziz/OUT·break of dis·EASE
Band 7+task2speaking
a sudden increase in cases of a disease in a particular place
Examples
“an outbreak of measles”
“an outbreak of foodborne illness”
“contain an outbreak of disease quickly”
Band 8 sentence
“Swift action by health services contained the outbreak of disease before it spread nationwide.”
Collocations
- an outbreak of influenza
Word family
outbreak nounbreak out phrasal verb
Common mistakes
a outbreak of disease→an outbreak of disease
there is outbreak→there is an outbreak
Say it for a higher band
5disease appears→6disease outbreak→7+outbreak of disease
Synonyms
epidemic
Easily confused
epidemic
“An outbreak may become an epidemic if not controlled promptly.”
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