Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with literature in American Collocation
literature
noun
uncountable
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
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/ˈlɪt(ə)rətʃər/
relating to a particular language or country
English, American, Latin etc
She’s also started an Open University degree in Spanish literature.
relating to a particular period
classical
contemporary
medieval
modern
Victorian
She has edited an anthology of contemporary literature in translation.
relating to a particular century
eighteenth-century, nineteenth-century etc
I teach Victorian and twentieth-century literature, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
very good, and having been popular for a long time
classic
She directed a series of movies based on classic literature.
publish
read
study
teach
write
He was educated at the Tokyo Imperial University where he studied English literature.
piece
work
Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin is the first great work of Russian literature.