I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a vague unease/dread
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I felt a vague unease.
dread a moment (= feel anxious or worried about something that will happen )
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She was dreading the moment when she would have to fire him.
dread the prospect (of sth) (= feel very worried about it )
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I dread the prospect of staying here while you’re away.
I dread/hate/shudder to think (= I do not want to think about something bad )
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I dread to think what might have happened if we hadn’t found her.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
moment
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He spat a bit as he spoke and Carrie dreaded the moment when she would have to shake hands and be spat at.
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She got out of the car, dreading the moment when she would have to meet Dana.
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They had dreaded reaching this moment .
prospect
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What she dreaded was the prospect of facing life without Nathan once he had made her his.
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She rather dreaded the prospect , in spite of the fact that Helen prophesied an enjoyable evening.
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Governments will dread the prospect of funds shifting capital abroad.
thought
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Perhaps you are fine when dealing with some one on a one-to-one basis but dread the thought of going to a party.
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I think by this time they must be dreading the thought of another signal from the Ariadne.
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How terrible to think he now dreaded the thought of a weekend away with her by themselves.
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Many parents dread the thought of having to depend on their children.
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I might dread the thought of having to look after an Alzheimer patient.
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She'd never had an enema, and had always dreaded the thought of it.
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Sad Joanna told detectives she dreaded the thought of eating and drinking at parties over the holiday period.
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She will dread the thought of that final parting, which must come in time.
■ VERB
come
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I knew too that that invitation was bound to come and I was dreading it.
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I was thinking about the coming night, half dreading it, half anticipating it.
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The half-crazed hippy, deeply into Zen, Whose cryptic homilies she came to dread .
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On the contrary, I was coming to dread them.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mortal fear/dread/terror
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She held herself raised by her great prosperity above all that ordinary mortals fear and reverence.
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The crew is in mortal terror.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I have to go to the dentist's tomorrow, and I'm dreading it.
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The icy weather had citrus growers dreading the effects of frost.
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The Wilsons were coming back from holiday today, and I was dreading telling them what had happened while they were away.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He spat a bit as he spoke and Carrie dreaded the moment when she would have to shake hands and be spat at.
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I had expected her to want to come back to the hotel with me and I was dreading it.
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It prefers a rich, moist but well drained soil and dreads a dry windy site.
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She will dread the thought of that final parting, which must come in time.
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They avoided talking about Miss Poole or Heather and dreaded going to the weekly dinner parties.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
fill
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It accompanied her to bed at night and filled her dreams with dread and her sleep with sudden awakenings.
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Christmas is coming ... does the thought fill you with dread or delight?
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I was filled with dread , and with paralysing fear.
live
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She lived in hope and dread .
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School was never a good experience for her because she lived in dread of being called on.
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BThese are children who live in daily dread , compiling memories of abuse and deceit they carry into adulthood.
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It lives in fear and dread of the present.
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They live with a constant dread of the telephone ringing because they fear it will bring bad news.
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I live in dread of their critical utterances.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I felt a sense of dread as I walked into the interview.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A dread of black male sexuality remains.
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After a very short time we all felt a horrible feeling of being watched and an intangible atmosphere of dread and doom.
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At the time I was worn out, still reacting no doubt from living for years on end in fear and dread .
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But the nameless dreads did not stop.
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Humphrey backed up Dulles, not least because of his dread of excessive government spending.
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The cold hand of dread clutched Larsen's guts.
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You, with your midair dread , blindly bunched into that swinging house you call a home.