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/ɪl/ 
| adjective | ill |
| comparative | worse |
| superlative | worst |
- 1not healthy, because of a medical condition or an injury
He’s been ill for a couple of weeks.
She was too ill to travel.
mentally ill patients
terminally ill (=going to die because of an illness)
seriously/critically ill:Her husband is seriously ill in the hospital.
fall ill /be taken ill (=become ill):She was unlucky enough to fall ill on vacation.
ill with:Sarah was seriously ill with a fever.
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sick
Collocations: ill
▪ critically, dangerously, desperately, gravely, really, seriously, severely, very
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