medicare
noun
Simple meaning
The Canadian public health insurance system.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈmɛdəkɛɹ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
canada
The Canadian public health insurance system.
US
Health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over
us
The system of government subsidies for health care for the elderly and disabled.
canada
Alternative letter-case form of medicare.
Australia
The publicly funded universal health care system, operated by the government authority Medicare Australia.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The Canadian public health insurance system.
Used this way, medicare is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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More ways to use medicare
- “Many older adults rely on Medicare for their health coverage.”
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Word Family
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Compound terms
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A check reimbursing an aged person for the expenses of health care.
A check reimbursing an aged person for the expenses of health care.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- insurancenoun
- healthcarenoun
- medicaidnoun
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