B2verb · irregular · transitive · common

panic

pan·ic

panic · panics · panicked · panicking

панікувати

паниковать

in Panik geraten, in Panik verfallen

To cause to feel panicTo cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.

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US/ˈpeə̯nɪk/

» There isn't any reason to panic.

Немає причин для паніки.

Meaning

5 senses

(transitive)To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.
in Panik geraten
cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic
(transitive)To cause (a computer system) to crash.
(US, colloquial, transitive)To highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show).
(intransitive)To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head.
in Panik geraten, in Panik verfallen
паникова́тьpanikovátʹ
панікува́тиpanikuváty
(intransitive)Of a computer system: to crash.

Examples

282 sentences

There isn't any reason to panic.
Немає причин для паніки.
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The fire caused a panic in the theater.
Пожежа викликала паніку в театрі.
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Tom began to panic.
Том запанікував.
ruТом запаниковал.
deTom geriet in Panik.
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Tom is in a panic.
Том у паніці.
ruТом в панике.
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There's no reason for panic.
Немає причин для паніки.
ruНет причин для паники.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to feel panic:

Русский

By meaning 1

to feel panic:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to cause (someone) to feel panic; to frighten (someone) into acting hastily:

to feel panic:

Origin

The adjective is borrowed from Middle French panique, a word itself borrowed from Ancient

The adjective is borrowed from Middle French panique, a word itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πανικός (panikós, “pertaining to Pan”); Pan, the Greek god of fields and woods, was believed to be the source of mysterious sounds that caused contagious, groundless fear in herds and crowds, or in people in lonely spots.

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Forms

panics, panicking, panicked, panicked

Base form	panic · to panic
3rd person singular	panics
Present participle	panicking
Past simple	panicked
Past participle	panicked

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	panic
he, she, it	panics

Past simpleLesson

all persons

panicked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have panicked
he, she, it	has panicked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will panic

Word family

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

7 patterns

panic attack
a panic attack
let's not panic
cause a panic
starting to panic
not to panic
having a panic