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covid

Syllables: CO·VID/ˈkəʊvɪd/US/ˈkoʊvɪd/

covid is the ellipsis of COVID-19.

Noun (1)

covid (plural covids)

  1. (archaic) A cubit.
    • In weights and measures one hundred catties were equivalent to one picul, or 133½ English pounds; in cloth or long measure ten “poontas” to one covid, and two covids to thirty-six inches English.1908, William Babcock Weeden, Early Oriental Commerce in Providence
    • But the usual dimensions of a piece of muslin were 40 x 2 covids, the lower and the upper bounds being 36 x 1 and 48 x 3 covids, respectively.2014, Om Prakash, The Dutch East India Company and the Economy of Bengal, 1630-1720
  2. (archaic) A chi.
    • A measure of length, the Chinese cubit, by Europeans called covid.1815, A dictionary of the Chinese language, in three parts
    • From east to west it was nine covids, and from south to north seven yen, (63 covids).1852, Li Zhou, translated by William Raymond Gingell, The Ceremonial Usages of the Chinese, B. C. 1121, page 4

Meaning of COVID-19

Proper noun

COVID-19

  1. COVID-19 (disease).
    • diagnosed with COVID-19
  2. (metonymically) SARS-CoV-2 (virus that causes the COVID-19 disease).
    • Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.2020 January 11, “Coronavirus”, in World Health Organization
  3. The COVID-19 pandemic which began in early 2020, and ended sometime in the mid 2020s.
    • Many diabetics have been dying, especially during COVID-19.

Noun (2) capitalized: COVID

COVID (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, clipping) Clipping of COVID-19.
    • COVID is tough, but Pennsylvanians are tougher. Together we can make a difference, slow the spread of the virus, and save lives.2020 January 28, “COVID-19 in Pennsylvania”, in Pennsylvania Department of Health
    • Every year on 31 May we celebrate World No Tobacco Day to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic and the preventable death and disease it causes. This year, the national theme is COVID is no joke, it gets worse with smoke.2020 May 28, “COVID is no joke, it gets worse with smoke”, in Pan American Health Organization

Noun (3) capitalized: Covid

Covid (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of COVID-19.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:COVID.

Forms of covid

pluralcovids
alternative formCovid

Origin of covid

From COVID-19.

From Portuguese covado (“cubit”).

Words formed from covid

Phrases with covid

Words that rhyme with covid

Questions about covid

What does covid mean?
Covid means a cubit.
What is covid the ellipsis of?
Covid is the ellipsis of COVID-19.
What part of speech is covid?
Covid is a noun.
How do you pronounce covid?
Covid is pronounced /ˈkoʊvɪd/ (US).
What is the plural of covid?
The plural of covid is covids.

Words near covid in the dictionary

  1. coveying
  2. coveys
  3. covfefe
  4. Covian
  5. Covians
  6. covid
  7. covid cut
  8. covid cuts
  9. Covid normal
  10. covid parties
  11. covid party

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: covid (page history and authors); COVID (page history and authors); Covid (page history and authors); COVID-19 (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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