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FEEV-uh/ˈfiːvə/

A fever is a high temperature when you are ill: have a fever, a slight fever, feverish. Temperature can mean the same in everyday talk (I’ve got a temperature). Flu is a whole illness; fever is one symptom. Heat from the weather is not a fever. See a doctor if a fever lasts.

Meaning

A high body temperature, usually because you are ill.

Examples

• “He stayed in bed with a fever.”
• “The nurse checked him for a fever.”
• “She stayed off school with a fever and a headache.”

Good to know

have / a slight fever. Everyday cousin: a temperature. Illness: flu (wider).

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