noun
Meaning 1
Having zero cases of COVID-19.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Phrase guide
zero COVID
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rhymes with -əʊvɪd
noun
Meaning 2
A strategy designed or intended to eliminate or completely exclude COVID-19 from a region or country, as was pursued in various countries in 2020 and 2021 but by the end of 2022 had been abandoned everywhere as infeasible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 新冠病例為零 /新冠病例为零 (xīnguān bìnglì wéi líng) — having zero cases of COVID-19
- Chinese Mandarin: 清零 (qīnglíng) — having zero cases of COVID-19
- Dutch: nul coronagevallen — having zero cases of COVID-19
- Finnish: nolla koronatapausta — having zero cases of COVID-19
- Japanese: ゼロコロナ — having zero cases of COVID-19
- Chinese Mandarin: 動態清零 /动态清零 (dòngtài qīnglíng) — strategy designed to eliminate COVID-19
- Chinese Mandarin: 清零 (qīnglíng) — strategy designed to eliminate COVID-19
- Dutch: zerocovidbeleid — strategy designed to eliminate COVID-19
- Finnish: koronaviruksen hävittämiseen tähtäävä strategia — strategy designed to eliminate COVID-19