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fear
[fɪ͟ə(r)]
♦
fears, fearing, feared
N-VAR: oft N of n/-ing Fear is the unpleasant feeling you have when you think that you are in danger.
VERB If you fear someone or something, you are frightened because you think that they will harm you.
N-VAR: with supp, oft N of n/-ing, N that A fear is a thought that something unpleasant might happen or might have happened.
VERB If you fear something unpleasant or undesirable, you are worried that it might happen or might have happened.
N-VAR: oft N that, N of n/-ing If you say that there is a fear that something unpleasant or undesirable will happen, you mean that you think it is possible or likely.
VERB If you fear for someone or something, you are very worried because you think that they might be in danger.
N-VAR: N for n If you have fears for someone or something, you are very worried because you think that they might be in danger.
VERB If you fear to do something, you are afraid to do it or you do not wish to do it.
VERB You say that you fear that a situation is the case when the situation is unpleasant or undesirable, and when you want to express sympathy, sorrow, or regret about it. [FORMAL]
PHRASE: PHR n/-ing, usu v-link PHR, PHR after v If you are in fear of doing or experiencing something unpleasant or undesirable, you are very worried that you might have to do it or experience it.
PHRASE: PHR n/-ing, PHR with cl If you take a particular course of action for fear of something, you take the action in order to prevent that thing happening.
PHRASE: usu PHR with cl You say `fear not' or `never fear' to someone when you are telling them not to worry or be frightened. [OLD-FASHIONED]
CONVENTION (emphasis) You use `no fear' to emphasize that you do not want to do something. [BRIT, INFORMAL]
PHRASE: V inflects If someone or something puts the fear of God into you, they frighten or worry you, often deliberately.
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I was sitting on the floor shivering with fear because a bullet had been fired through a window.
...boyhood memories of sickness and fear of the dark...
London Zoo is running hypnosis programmes to help people overcome their fear of spiders.
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Word forms
fear
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | fear | fears |
Possessive case | fear's | fears' |
fear
Basic forms | |
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Past | feared |
Imperative | fear |
Present Participle (Participle I) | fearing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | feared |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I fear | we fear |
you fear | you fear |
he/she/it fears | they fear |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am fearing | we are fearing |
you are fearing | you are fearing |
he/she/it is fearing | they are fearing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have feared | we have feared |
you have feared | you have feared |
he/she/it has feared | they have feared |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been fearing | we have been fearing |
you have been fearing | you have been fearing |
he/she/it has been fearing | they have been fearing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I feared | we feared |
you feared | you feared |
he/she/it feared | they feared |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was fearing | we were fearing |
you were fearing | you were fearing |
he/she/it was fearing | they were fearing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had feared | we had feared |
you had feared | you had feared |
he/she/it had feared | they had feared |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been fearing | we had been fearing |
you had been fearing | you had been fearing |
he/she/it had been fearing | they had been fearing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will fear | we shall/will fear |
you will fear | you will fear |
he/she/it will fear | they will fear |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be fearing | we shall/will be fearing |
you will be fearing | you will be fearing |
he/she/it will be fearing | they will be fearing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have feared | we shall/will have feared |
you will have feared | you will have feared |
he/she/it will have feared | they will have feared |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been fearing | we shall/will have been fearing |
you will have been fearing | you will have been fearing |
he/she/it will have been fearing | they will have been fearing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would fear | we should/would fear |
you would fear | you would fear |
he/she/it would fear | they would fear |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be fearing | we should/would be fearing |
you would be fearing | you would be fearing |
he/she/it would be fearing | they would be fearing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have feared | we should/would have feared |
you would have feared | you would have feared |
he/she/it would have feared | they would have feared |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been fearing | we should/would have been fearing |
you would have been fearing | you would have been fearing |
he/she/it would have been fearing | they would have been fearing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am feared | we are feared |
you are feared | you are feared |
he/she/it is feared | they are feared |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being feared | we are being feared |
you are being feared | you are being feared |
he/she/it is being feared | they are being feared |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been feared | we have been feared |
you have been feared | you have been feared |
he/she/it has been feared | they have been feared |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was feared | we were feared |
you were feared | you were feared |
he/she/it was feared | they were feared |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being feared | we were being feared |
you were being feared | you were being feared |
he/she/it was being feared | they were being feared |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been feared | we had been feared |
you had been feared | you had been feared |
he/she/it had been feared | they had been feared |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be feared | we shall/will be feared |
you will be feared | you will be feared |
he/she/it will be feared | they will be feared |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been feared | we shall/will have been feared |
you will have been feared | you will have been feared |
he/she/it will have been feared | they will have been feared |
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