{
    "term": "fever",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a medical condition in which a person has a temperature that is higher than normal",
            "labels": "(British English)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He has a high fever."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Aspirin should help reduce the fever."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He put his hand to my forehead as if I was running a fever."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He suffered from recurrent bouts of fever."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was in bed with a fever."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Inflammation is frequently accompanied by fever."
                },
                {
                    "text": "James has come down with a fever."
                },
                {
                    "text": "drugs which can help to bring down the fever"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "raging", "mild"],
                "… of fever": ["bout"],
                "verb + fever": ["have", "run", "suffer from"],
                "preposition": ["with a fever"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a type of disease in which somebody has a high temperature",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She caught a fever on her travels in Africa, and died."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "raging", "mild"],
                "… of fever": ["bout"],
                "verb + fever": ["have", "run", "suffer from"],
                "preposition": ["with a fever"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a state of nervous excitement",
            "sensetop": "fever (of something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He waited for her arrival in a fever of impatience."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was in a fever of anxiety about him."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["baseball", "election", "gold"],
                "fever + verb": ["grip somebody"],
                "preposition": ["in a fever of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "great interest or excitement about something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Election fever suddenly gripped the nation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "World Cup fever has gripped the country."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["baseball", "election", "gold"],
                "fever + verb": ["grip somebody"],
                "preposition": ["in a fever of"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfiːvə(r)/",
                "audio": "fe/fever/fever__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfiːvər/",
                "audio": "fe/fever/fever__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English fēfor, from Latin febris; reinforced in Middle English by Old French fievre, also from febris."
}