Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with steep in American Collocation
steep
adjective
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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
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/stip/
very
dangerously
extremely
impossibly
incredibly
really
very
We saw spectacular glaciers and impossibly steep mountain peaks.
rather
fairly
moderately
pretty
quite
rather
relatively
slightly
I can only recall a couple of fairly steep climbs, and these were very short.
decrease
decline
dive
drop
drop-off
fall
Figures show a steep decline in the number of people seeking asylum last year.
increase
hike
increase
rise
Over the past ten years, we have seen a steep rise in the number of young people going into custody.