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DRED/dred/

To dread is to feel great worry about something coming: dread the call, dread a sitting. Fear is everyday and wider; anxiety can be free-floating; look forward to sits opposite. The noun a dread is the feeling. Fear of journalists does not license a rounded n.

Meaning

To feel very worried about something that is going to happen.

Examples

• “Dread of a press call is not a reason to round the n.”
• “Fear is everyday. Brace yourself is informal. A press call is a diary fact. A count is a methods fact. Keep the true n; take the call after the embargo with the true n in front of you.”

Good to know

Fear something that is coming. Everyday: fear. Noun: a dread. Nervousness about press ≠ a rounded n.

Near in meaning

fear

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