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# anxiety

«anxiety» in Mova's school dictionary: **a feeling of worry, nervousness or fear about what might…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (anxiety, anxieties)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness or fear about what might happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiety/#m1)

2) Anxiety (health) is when strong worry happens often and makes life hard; it can be helped by talking and by doctors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiety/#m2)

3) An anxiety is a particular worry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiety/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In wellbeing and PSHE lessons pupils learn to name feelings like anxiety and ways to calm down (breathing, talking to an adult). In stories, anxiety shows suspense. In everyday life: test anxiety, anxiety before a match. Phrases: «with anxiety», «cause anxiety».

### examples

- She felt anxiety before her first day at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiety/#x1)
- Deep breathing can help with anxiety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiety/#x2)
- The waiting filled him with anxiety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiety/#x3)
- Talk to a trusted adult if anxiety stops you sleeping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiety/#x4)
- His biggest anxiety was forgetting his lines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiety/#x5)
- Test anxiety is very common. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiety/#x6)
- He was nearly ill with anxiety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiety/#x7)

### note

Mostly uncountable; plural «anxieties» for different worries. Adjective: anxious. Said «ang-ZY-uh-tee». Anxiety is common and nothing to be ashamed of; asking for help is wise.

### In the corpora

- ["Trouble with her nerves" is an old-fashioned way of saying anxiety or mental illness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/4-illness-disability-and-babies/13/)
- [«It's not fake, no cap, it's anxiety» («no cap» means no lie).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/506-a-sibling-with-a-disability-or-illness-or-who-left-home/15/)
- ['Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with anxiety;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.244/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «anxiety» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anxiety/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.