virus

noun/ˈvaɪrəs/

Frequency rank: #2,380 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A tiny organism that causes disease; or a harmful computer program.

Illustration for the English word “virus”

Example sentence

The computer was infected by a dangerous virus that corrupted all its files.

Synonyms & related words

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