bout

noun/baʊt/

Frequency rank: #3,938 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a period or spell of an activity or condition, especially an illness or fight.

Illustration for the English word “bout”

Example sentence

After a short bout of illness, she was back on her feet within a week.

Synonyms & related words

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