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fever
What does fever mean?
fever (noun): a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use fever in a sentence?
How do you pronounce fever?
/ˈfivɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does fever come from?
From Middle English fever, fevere, from Old English fefer, fefor (“fever”) and Old French fievre (“fever”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “fever” mean?
a land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country
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a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
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a person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege
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an understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct
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