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How to pronounce disease
Say it like this: /dɪˈziz/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does disease mean?
nounAn abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
“The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and their fruit withered.”
Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.
“War is not man's great and terrible disease; war is a symptom, a result. The real disease is the virus of national sovereignty.”
A lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.
verbTo infect with a disease.
To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.
“Whyll he yett ſpeake there cam won from the rulers off the ſynagogis houſſe which ſayde to hym: Thy doughter is deed diſeaſe not the maſter.”
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