Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

run a temperature

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables
run a tem-per-a-ture
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have a fever.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

runs a temperature (present, singular) running a temperature (participle, present) ran a temperature (past)

Synonyms

run a fever

Questions

What does run a temperature mean?
To have a fever.

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