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# dengue

«dengue» in Mova's school dictionary: **A tropical disease spread by the bite of certain…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (dengue; uncountable); also called dengue fever

### meaning for a pupil

A tropical disease spread by the bite of certain mosquitoes, causing high fever, headache and very painful muscles and joints. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dengue/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In health, geography and science lessons dengue is an example of a disease carried by mosquitoes in hot, wet countries; it teaches why people use nets, repellent and remove standing water where mosquitoes breed. Phrases: «dengue fever», «dengue outbreak», «catch dengue».

### examples

- Dengue is spread by mosquitoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dengue/#x1)
- Travellers used repellent to avoid dengue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dengue/#x2)
- There was an outbreak of dengue after the heavy rains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dengue/#x3)
- Dengue fever is sometimes called «breakbone fever» because it hurts so much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dengue/#x4)
- Emptying water from old tyres stops mosquitoes breeding and helps prevent dengue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dengue/#x5)
- She got dengue on holiday and needed rest and fluids. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dengue/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Pronounced «DENG-ee». It is not spread from person to person directly, only by mosquitoes. Myth: it is not caught from water itself; mosquitoes lay eggs in still water.

### In the corpora

- [Mosquitoes can spread diseases such as West Nile virus and dengue in some places, so spray, long sleeves and nets matter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dengue» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dengue/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.