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# dizziness

«dizziness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the feeling that you or the things around you are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (dizziness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Dizziness is the feeling that you or the things around you are spinning, or that you might fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#m1)

2) It can come from spinning round, standing up too fast, being hot, hungry or ill, or from a head injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health and safety lessons dizziness is a warning sign: sit or lie down, drink water, and tell an adult, especially after a knock on the head or in hot weather. In science, the inner ear helps balance; spinning confuses it and causes dizziness. Phrases: «feel dizzy», «a spell of dizziness», «dizziness and headache».

### examples

- Spinning round and round gives me dizziness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x1)
- She felt dizziness after standing up too quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x2)
- Dizziness can be a sign of dehydration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x3)
- Tell the teacher if you have dizziness after a fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x4)
- The medicine may cause dizziness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x5)
- His dizziness went away after a rest and a drink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x6)
- The ride gave me a moment of dizziness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x7)
- Sit down if you feel dizziness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x8)
- Oh! were I but loose; my dizziness would then cease; oh, were my head but loose!” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dizziness/#x9)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: dizzy (dizzier, dizziest). Spelling: dizzy → dizziness (y becomes i, double z). Safety: dizziness with headache, vomiting or confusion after a head knock needs a doctor.

### In the corpora

- [Dizziness, headache and feeling sick on a hot day can mean the body is getting too hot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/9-body-signals/16/)
- [Concussion is a brain injury from the brain being shaken; it can cause headache, dizziness, sickness, confusion and memory gaps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/5-nosebleeds-and-bumps-on-the-head/9/)
- [Seeing two balls, a headache, dizziness or just feeling odd can mean concussion, even with no knockout.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/5/)
- [Signs of concussion include headache, dizziness, feeling sick, blurred vision, confusion, forgetting things, wobbling and acting differently.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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