{
    "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."
}