The Word of the Year from 2021 is...?
Recently, Cambridge Dictionary announced its Word of the Year for 2021, and it should not surprise anyone that they chose perseverance.
Other notable declarations of word of the year come from Dictionary.com and they’ve chosen for their 2021 Word Of The Year - allyship and that is also the first time a word of the year from them is also a new word in their dictionary
Merriam-Webster reports searches for vaccine increased 601% from 2020 and therefore they’ve chosen vaccine as their word of the year, and to round all of this out neatly Oxford dictionary’s word of the year is simply vax.
And finally, children from all over have chosen anxiety as their word of the year for 2021. All of these choices merely reflect the overall dominating effect the covid pandemic is having on us all.
"We have been looking back on the past year and what it has meant for you," Cambridge Dictionary stated on its website. "We wanted to choose a word that represented your experiences as learners of English, and we are happy to announce that our Word of the Year 2021 is… perseverance!"
Other notable declarations of word of the year come from Dictionary.com and they’ve chosen for their 2021 Word Of The Year - allyship and that is also the first time a word of the year from them is also a new word in their dictionary
Merriam-Webster reports searches for vaccine increased 601% from 2020 and therefore they’ve chosen vaccine as their word of the year, and to round all of this out neatly Oxford dictionary’s word of the year is simply vax.
What is your word of the year from 2021? Let me know what word you liked and or disliked in the comments below.
Let’s hope for a better 2022
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