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Meaning of timeo | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
[ˈtɪ.me.oː]

Definitions

  1. to fear, be afraid of, apprehend, be apprehensive of
    conjugation-2, no-supine, transitive
  2. to be afraid, to fear, to be apprehensive
    conjugation-2, intransitive, no-supine

Equivalents

English Dread fear

Examples

“Stultum est timēre, quod vītāre nōn potest.”

Fearing what cannot be avoided is foolish.

“A phrase generally attributed to Thomas Aquinas. Hominem unius libri timeo. I fear the man of one book.”
“Equo ne credite, Teucri! Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.”

Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Danaans and the gifts they are bearing.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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