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flu /fluː/ noun [uncountable]
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English Dictionaryflu /fluː/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: influenza]
a common illness that makes you feel very tired and weak, gives you a sore throat, and makes you cough and have to clear your nose a lot
Synonym : influenza:
Steven’s still in bed with flu. She’s got the flu. I couldn’t go because I had flu.a flu virus/bug the spread of the flu virus Doctors now fear a flu epidemic. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationsflu noun ADJ. mild | gastric | summer QUANT. bout, dose She's had a nasty dose of flu. VERB + FLU be in bed with, be laid up with, have, suffer from | catch, contract, get, go down with FLU + NOUN bug, virus | epidemic | victim | vaccine | jab ⇒ Special page at
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Common Errorsflunoun
BAD: I think I have caught a flu.
GOOD: I think I have caught (the) flu.
Usage Note:flu or
the flu (NOT
a flu ): 'They are both off work with flu.' 'Even our doctor is down with the flu.'
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