epidemic proportions
collocation in Englishmeaningsofepidemicandproportion
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epidemic
adjective
uk/ˌep.ɪˈdem.ɪk/us/ˌep.əˈdem.ɪk/
happening a lot and affecting ...
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proportion
noun
uk/prəˈpɔː.ʃən/us/prəˈpɔːr.ʃən/
the number or amount of a group or part of something when compared to ...
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(Definition ofepidemicandproportionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Health problems of such epidemic proportions weigh down the economies of poor countries and regions, thereby perpetuating their poverty, which in turn contributes to the ill health of their populations.
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That is theepidemicproportionabout which we speak.
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Given these epidemic proportions, surprisingly little developmental research has focused on how children understand traumatic experiences.
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By 1993 fraud in the parastatals and corruption in the public service had reached seemingly epidemic proportions.
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Thus, the disease has reached epidemic proportions in the scheme.
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One can also demonstrate tendencies to focus on acute febrile illnesses and overemphasize the local presence of those diseases suspected to exist in epidemic proportions.
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Vandalism to the road signage as a result of its numbering had reachedepidemicproportionby 1989, driving a resolution that the number of the road needed to be changed.
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Violence in urban communities has reached epidemic proportions, affecting not only the victims but the families and friends they leave behind, as well as society as a whole.
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Immediately upon a bulb being subjected to abnormally high temperatures a rapid increase in the mite population commences, and in a very short time epidemic proportions are arrived at.
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Some dentists believe that it has reached almost epidemic proportions.
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I believe, therefore, that it is a totally inadequate response to a problem which has now grown to epidemic proportions.
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The problem seems to be growing to almost epidemic proportions.
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We know that the disease could well reach epidemic proportions.
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Children are very vulnerable and drug addiction in schools can, if allowed to proceed unchecked, soon reach epidemic proportions.
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The country is facing a serious crisis of epidemic proportions.
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There is a wide spectrum, from individuals exploiting weak control systems for agricultural subsidies to fraud of epidemic proportions in the benefit payments stream.
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A pandemic is a description for a situation in which a disease—usually infectious—reaches epidemic proportions in many regions of the world.
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It described it as being of epidemic proportions, with enormous costs to industry and the family.
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