Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with absurd in American Collocation
absurd
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/əbˈsɜrd/
very or obviously
completely
manifestly
patently
quite
totally
truly
utterly
To have a city like London with no coherent system of government was manifestly absurd.
rather
faintly
rather
slightly
His patriotism was so impulsive as to be slightly absurd.
allegation
argument
belief
claim
conclusion
idea
notion
position
situation
suggestion
We could end up with the absurd situation where government doesn’t have anything to do with British business.