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# influenza

«influenza» in Mova's school dictionary: **An illness caused by a virus, with a high temperature…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (influenza, uncountable); short form flu

### meaning for a pupil

An illness caused by a virus, with a high temperature, aches, a sore throat, a cough and great tiredness; it spreads easily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influenza/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons: flu is caused by a virus, so antibiotics do not work on it; vaccines help protect. In everyday life people say «the flu» or «flu». History lessons may mention great flu pandemics. Phrases: flu jab, flu season.

### examples

- Influenza is spread by coughs and sneezes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influenza/#x1)
- Grandma has her flu jab every winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influenza/#x2)
- I was off school with influenza for a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influenza/#x3)
- Catch it, bin it, kill it — to stop flu spreading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influenza/#x4)
- Influenza is caused by a virus, not bacteria. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influenza/#x5)
- The doctor said it was influenza, not a cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/influenza/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Short form: flu (the flu). A cold is milder than flu. Antibiotics do not cure flu because it is a virus. The word «flu» is not the same as «flew» (past of fly) or «flue» (a chimney pipe) — all three sound alike.

### Trees and pragmatics

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