fever

simple_noun31 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.1

Indicates a significantly elevated body temperature.

Indicates a slightly elevated body temperature.

Indicates a small increase in body temperature.

Intense, widespread excitement about the World Cup.

A very high and intense fever.

A fever that continues for a long time.

A type of fever caused by a virus, known as mononucleosis in AmE.

Widespread excitement and interest before an election.

American English term for glandular fever.

An infectious disease that causes a rash and fever.

A serious disease affecting the heart, joints, and brain.

Strong public support for starting a war.

A state of great excitement and enthusiasm about baseball.

A contagious excitement in a community, caused by a gold rush.

Used for the 'excitement' meaning of fever, indicating it has a strong effect on a person or group.

A short period of having a fever.

Used to describe the state of having a fever.

Used metaphorically to describe a state of intense emotion, e.g., 'in a fever of anxiety'.

To be suffering from an elevated body temperature.

Similar to 'have a fever', often used in continuous tenses.

A common and informal way to say you have started to have a fever.

To make a fever less severe.

To start to suffer from a fever.

To cause a fever to decrease; to reduce a high temperature.

To gradually start having a fever.

Emphasizes the discomfort of having a fever.

When an illness or infection makes the body temperature rise.

To become ill with a fever, often used informally.

When fever is one of the symptoms of an illness.

To get a fever, often used in a more formal or medical context.

To die as a result of a high fever or the illness causing it.