Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To infect with a disease.

  2. (obsolete, transitive)To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.

Examples

771 sentences

  1. No medicine can cure this disease.

    Жодні ліки не можуть вилікувати цю хворобу. — deniko

    ruОт этой болезни нет лекарства. — odexed

    deGegen diese Krankheit gibt es kein Medikament. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. She's suffering from a serious disease.

    Вона серйозно хвора. — tikan0

    ruОна страдает из-за тяжёлого заболевания. — Biga

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  3. We are faced with new kinds of diseases.

    Ми зустрілися з новими типами хвороб. — ChickenKiev

    ruМы столкнулись с новыми видами заболеваний. — Balamax

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  4. How does this disease spread?

    Як поширюється ця хвороба? — quez

    ruКак распространяется это заболевание? — marafon

    deWie breitet sich diese Krankheit aus? — Wolf

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  5. I have a rare disease.

    У мене рідкісна хвороба. — deniko

    ruУ меня редкая болезнь. — odexed

    deIch habe eine seltene Krankheit. — wolfgangth

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Origin

From Middle English disese, from Anglo-Norman desese, disaise, from Old French desaise, fr

From Middle English disese, from Anglo-Norman desese, disaise, from Old French desaise, from des- + aise. Displaced native Middle English adle, audle (“disease”) (from Old English ādl (“disease, sickness”), see adle), Middle English cothe, coathe (“disease”) (from Old English coþu (“disease”), see coath). By surface analysis, dis- + ease.

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Forms

diseases, diseasing, diseased, diseased
Base formdisease · to disease
3rd person singulardiseases
Present participlediseasing
Past simplediseased
Past participlediseased

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydisease
he, she, itdiseases

Past simpleLesson

all personsdiseased

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave diseased
he, she, ithas diseased

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill disease

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

3 patterns
  • of the disease
  • to that disease
  • is a disease

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
discussionA2disdainC1disdainfulC2disembarkdisempowerdisenfranchisedisengage

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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