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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

fear

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Source Word

fear

IPA(Pronunciation)

/fɪə/

Verb

transitive intransitive used with for obsolete

Japanese Meaning

（他動詞）～を恐れる、～に怯える / （自動詞）恐怖を感じる、怖がる

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Many villagers fear the old forest at night.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

多くの村人は夜の古い森を恐れている。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.

I fear the worst will happen.

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Sense（2）

(intransitive) To feel fear.

Never fear; help is always near.

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Sense（3）

(intransitive, used with for) To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for.

She fears for her son’s safety.

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Sense（4）

(transitive) To venerate; to feel awe towards.

People who fear God can be found in Christian churches.

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Sense（5）

(transitive) To regret.

I fear I have bad news for you: your husband has died.

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Sense（6）

(obsolete, transitive) To cause fear to; to frighten.

Thenne the knyghte sayd to syre Gawayn / bynde thy wounde or thy blee chaunge / for thou bybledest al thy hors and thy fayre armes /[…]/ For who someuer is hurte with this blade he shalle neuer be staunched of bledynge / Thenne ansuerd gawayn hit greueth me but lytyl / thy grete wordes shalle not feare me ne lasse my courage

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Sense（7）

(obsolete, transitive) To be anxious or solicitous for.

Fearst thou thy person? thou shalt haue a guard:

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Sense（8）

(obsolete, transitive) To suspect; to doubt.

Fear you not her courage?

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fears

（ present singular third-person ）

fearing

（ participle present ）

feared

（ participle past ）

feared

（ past ）

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