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outbreakoutbreak /ˈaʊt˺breɪk/ ●○○ noun [countable] THESAURUS the start or first part of an event, story, period of time, etc.► beginning the start or first part of an event, story, period of time, etc.: He moved to a different school at the beginning of the school year. This has been some of the worst fighting since the beginning of the war. ► start start means the same as beginning: At the start of the second half of the basketball game, the score was 32 to 28. ► origin (also origins) the beginning of something that started a long time ago: Scientists still have many questions about the origins of language in humans. ► birth the time when something starts to exist, especially something important that has a big effect on people’s lives: The website is about the bands of the 1950s and the birth of rock ‘n’ roll. ► creation the time when something was first made: From its creation in 1960, the party has considered itself to be Socialist. ► initiation formal the time when someone begins a new process, program, way of doing things, etc.: Since the initiation of the online discussions, we have seen students becoming more and more involved. ► outbreak a time when fighting or a disease starts: At the outbreak of the war, he was living in Boston. ► the outset the time when you start doing something or when something starts happening: We knew from the outset that it was not going to be an easy task. ► introduction the part at the beginning of a book, report, or speech, which explains what it is about: In the introduction to her book, Julia writes about how she first became interested in cooking. the sudden appearance or start of war, fighting, or serious disease: a cholera outbreakoutbreak of the outbreak of World War II► see thesaurus at beginning → see also break out at break1 |