Meaning

1 senses

  1. To undergo an earthquake.

Examples

478 sentences

  1. The earthquake was a terrible experience.

    Землетрус був жахливою пригодою. — ChickenKiev

    deDas Erdbeben war ein fürchterliches Erlebnis. — Tamy

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  2. There are many earthquakes in Japan.

    У Японії багато землетрусів. — uaspeaker

    ruВ Японии много землетрясений. — Hellerick

    deIn Japan gibt es viele Erdbeben. — cost

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  3. Tom told me about the earthquake.

    Том розповів мені про землетрус. — deniko

    ruТом рассказал мне о землетрясении. — marafon

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  4. Did you feel the earthquake this morning?

    Ти відчув землетрус сьогодні рано? — aandrusiak

    deHast du heute Morgen das Erdbeben gespürt? — bonny37

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  5. Many lost their homes in the earthquake.

    Багато людей втратили свої домівки під час землетрусу. — deniko

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Origin

From Middle English erthequake, corresponding to earth + quake. Displaced Middle English e

From Middle English erthequake, corresponding to earth + quake. Displaced Middle English eorð byfung (“earthquake”) from Old English eorþbeofung (literally “earth shaking”).

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Forms

earthquakes, earthquaking, earthquaked, earthquaked
Base formearthquake · to earthquake
3rd person singularearthquakes
Present participleearthquaking
Past simpleearthquaked
Past participleearthquaked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyearthquake
he, she, itearthquakes

Past simpleLesson

all personsearthquaked

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill earthquake

Word family

9 related words
RelatedseismicC2tremorB2aftershockearthquake engineeringfault lineseismographseismologistseismologytsunami

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • an an earthquake
  • felt the earthquake
  • big earthquake
  • earthquake last night
  • a big earthquake
  • after the earthquake
  • the big earthquake
  • survived the earthquake
  • feel the earthquake
  • by the earthquake
  • earthquake caused
  • in the earthquake

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
earthlingearthlyearthwormearthyearwaxearwig

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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