English Dictionary

go viral

動詞

(sociology) To be rapidly and frequently shared, especially through social media, but (with retroactive application to pre-internet occurrences) also via gossip or as a collective response to broadcasting or widespread print circulation.

日本語の意味

（情報やコンテンツが）急速に拡散し、特にSNSなどを通じて広く共有される状態になること。 / 口コミ、放送や印刷物といった従来のメディアを通じても、短期間で多くの人に広まる現象を指す。

Within days of the broadcast, a clip of the interview began to go viral, sparking debates across social media and even making its way into mainstream news.

放送から数日で、そのインタビューのクリップは瞬く間に拡散して広く共有され、ソーシャルメディア上で議論を呼び、ついには主要なニュースにも取り上げられた。

意味（1）

(sociology) To be rapidly and frequently shared, especially through social media, but (with retroactive application to pre-internet occurrences) also via gossip or as a collective response to broadcasting or widespread print circulation.

Hundreds of long-forgotten texts that went viral in the 19th century are being discovered by a new collaboration of humanities scholars and computer scientists.

goes viral （ present singular third-person ）

going viral （ participle present ）

went viral （ past ）

gone viral （ participle past ）