Today’s word of the day is ‘Catastrophe‘ Let us understand more about this word.
[responsivevoice] Catastrophe [/responsivevoice] [ kuh–tas-truh-fee ]
What is this word’s grammar?
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
Does the word have a past tense? What is it?
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
1. Calamity
2. Unhappy conclusion
3. Mishap
4. Widespread disaster
How is the word pronounced in popular languages?
1. Hindi – Tabaahee
2. Spanish – Catástrofe
3. French – Catastrophe
4. Mandarin – Zāinàn
How to use this word in a sentence?
1. The public health crisis has led to an economic catastrophe.
2. Both are important, but the focus of this piece is preventing further catastrophe.
3. Once again the federal government is fumbling its response to a catastrophe that disproportionately affects Black people.
4. We’ve shown that there are lots of smart, relatively cheap things we can do now to reduce the risk of another catastrophe like this one.
5. This may be called the first day of the revolution, although the object of the meeting was to prevent such a catastrophe.
What are some synonyms of the word of the day?
Some synonyms of the word are:
accident, adversity, calamity, casualty, crash, debacle, devastation, disaster, emergency, failure, meltdown, misery, mishap, tragedy, trouble, wreck, desolation, end, fatality, finale, havoc, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, etc.
What are some antonyms of the word of the day?
Some antonyms of the word are:
advantage, aid, assistance, benefit, blessing, boon, creation, favor, fortune, gain, good fortune, good luck, happiness, help, joy, miracle, peace, profit, prosperity, success, win, wonder, beginning, birth, cause, comfort, commencement, delight, luck, opening, origin, start etc.
Quotation:
When you wake up each morning, you can choose to be happy or choose to be sad. Unless some terrible catastrophe has occurred the night before, it is pretty much up to you. Tomorrow morning, when the sun shines through your window, choose to make it a happy day.
Lynda Resnick
Social Example:
https://twitter.com/KatiePavlich/status/1371935613952360457
Discussion about this post