Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with ill in American Collocation
ill
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
/ɪl/
very
critically
dangerously
desperately
extremely
gravely
really
seriously
severely
very
He phoned saying that his wife had been taken seriously ill.
rather
pretty
quite
rather
By that stage I was feeling quite ill.
in a way that cannot be cured
fatally
incurably
mortally
terminally
The centre offers care for terminally ill children.
in the mind
mentally
Many mentally ill patients are cared for in the community.
when someone becomes ill very quickly and seriously
acutely
Elderly people were blocking beds that were needed for acutely ill patients.
when someone is ill for a long time
chronically
The work involved in caring for a chronically ill relative may lead to family conflicts.
become
be taken
fall
feel
get
make someone
My father fell seriously ill last month.
All the stress at work had made her ill.