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{
"term": "dread",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "dread",
"heSheIt": "dreads"
},
"pastSimple": "dreaded",
"pastParticiple": "dreaded",
"ingForm": "dreading"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be very afraid of something; to fear that something bad is going to happen",
"sensetop": "dread somethingdread doing somethingdread somebody doing somethingdread to do somethingdread that…",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This was the moment he had been dreading.",
"contextForm": "dread something"
},
{
"text": "I dread being sick.",
"contextForm": "dread doing something"
},
{
"text": "She dreads her husband finding out.",
"contextForm": "dread somebody doing something"
},
{
"text": "I **dread to think** what would happen if there really was a fire here.",
"contextForm": "dread to do something"
},
{
"text": "I both hoped and dreaded that he would come.",
"contextForm": "dread that…"
},
{
"text": "He had always dreaded being singled out."
},
{
"text": "I have to go to the dentist tomorrow and I'm absolutely dreading it!"
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["absolutely", "rather", "always"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dred/",
"audio": "dr/dread/dread__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dredz/",
"audio": "dr/dread/dreads__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdredɪd/",
"audio": "dr/dread/dreaded__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdredɪŋ/",
"audio": "dr/dread/dreading__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dred/",
"audio": "dr/dread/dread__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dredz/",
"audio": "dr/dread/dreads__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdredɪd/",
"audio": "dr/dread/dreaded__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈdredɪŋ/",
"audio": "dr/dread/dreading__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English ādrǣdan, ondrǣdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Old High German intrātan."
}