'Pandemic' chosen as Word of the Year 2020 by Dictionary.com
India TodayDictionary.com has declared ‘pandemic’ as its Word of the Year 2020 due to its frequent usage from the beginning of the year as the Covid-19 pandemic rapidly spread across the world. Dictionary.com defines the word pandemic as “a disease prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world.” After the loss of life observed across the world and millions of cases reported, the word ‘pandemic’ became a part of everyone’s life. As the number of Covid-19 cases crossed the 60 million mark and claimed nearly 1.5 million lives across the world, searches for the word ‘pandemic’ skyrocketed 13,575 percent on Dictionary.com compared to 2019. Apart from the word pandemic, here are some of the highest searched words on Dictionary.com this year- Asymptomatic Furlough Frontliner Coronavirus Hydroxychloroquine Quarantine Lockdown PPE Social distancing Nonessential How ‘pandemic’ became Word of the Year 2020 The word ‘pandemic’ became a significant part of everyone’s life across the world as almost the entire world was under lockdown to reduce the risk of infection among citizens.
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