1 [C,U] a medical condition in which a person has a temperature that is higher than normal:
He has a high fever. * Aspirin should help reduce the fever.
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2 [C,U] (old-fashioned) (used mainly in compounds) a particular type of disease in which sb has a high temperature:
She caught a fever on her travels in Africa, and died.
seealsoGLANDULARFEVER, HAYFEVER, RHEUMATICFEVER, SCARLETFEVER, YELLOWFEVER
3 [sing.] ~ (of sth) a state of nervous excitement:
He waited for her arrival in a fever of impatience.
4 [U] (especially in compounds) great interest or excitement about sth:
election fever * World Cup fever has gripped the country.
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Is fever a noun, verb, or something else?
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