Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with cough in American Collocation
cough
noun
countable
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
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
/kɑf/
types of cough
chesty
dry
hacking
irritating
non-productive
productive
rasping
tickly
If you have a chesty cough you will need an ‘expectorant’ cough medicine.
bad
bad
nasty
severe
The child was taken to see the doctor with a bad cough.
not very bad
mild
slight
I am very well, apart from a slight cough.
lasting a long time
chronic
persistent
He was underweight and suffering from a persistent cough.
make a cough better
cure
relieve
soothe
treat
Drinking lemon juice with honey can relieve your cough.
have a cough
develop
get
have
Smokers often develop a chronic cough.
medicine
linctus
medicine
mixture
remedy
syrup
The place you buy shampoo and cough syrup is called a “pharmacy” in America and a “chemist” in Australia.
sweet
drop
lozenge
sweet
Try sucking a cough drop.
cold
fever
sneeze
Like measles, mumps is spread by coughs and sneezes.