viral

/'vaiərəl/

Thân thiện

A helpful video about handwashing went viral on social media.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Relating to or caused by a virus: Describes something that pertains to or is the result of a viral agent.
   • Spreading rapidly and widely online: Describes content, such as a video or idea, that circulates quickly and extensively through the internet and social media.

Usage Examples

• Relating to a virus:
  • The patient was diagnosed with a viral infection.
  • Scientists are studying the viral genome to develop a vaccine.
• Spreading rapidly online:
  • The funny cat video went viral overnight.
  • Her tweet about the event became viral, gaining millions of likes.

Advanced Usage

• "Go viral": To become extremely popular and spread very quickly on the internet.
  • The artist's new song is starting to go viral on TikTok.
• "Viral load": The amount of a virus present in a person's blood.
  • The treatment aims to reduce the patient's viral load.

Variants and Related Words

• Virally (adverb): In a viral manner.
  • The news spread virally across social platforms.
• Virion (noun): A complete, infectious virus particle.
  • The structure of the virion was examined under the microscope.

Synonyms

• Infectious (for the biological sense): Capable of causing infection.
• Epidemic (for the spread sense): Spreading rapidly and affecting many individuals.

Related Phrases

• Viral marketing: A marketing strategy that uses existing social networks to promote a product, often by encouraging users to share content.
  • The company's viral marketing campaign relied on user-generated content.
• Viral phenomenon: An event or item that achieves widespread popularity through internet sharing.
  • The dance challenge was a true viral phenomenon.

Idioms

• "Go viral" (as an idiom): To achieve sudden, widespread popularity online.
  • Every creator hopes their content will go viral.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. relating to or caused by a virus
   • viral infection