Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with search in American Collocation
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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
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- 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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/sɜrtʃ/
thoroughly
actively
comprehensively
constantly
continually
diligently
efficiently
endlessly
exhaustively
systematically
thoroughly
He would diligently search the noticeboard morning and evening for information.
with no useful result
fruitlessly
unsuccessfully
vainly
While officials searched fruitlessly for the memory stick, the people whose data was compromised were not informed of the loss.
in a worried way
desperately
frantically
She was frantically searching her pockets for the passport.
in many places
everywhere
far and wide
high and low
The officers search everywhere for Anne, but in vain.