Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with unemployment in American Collocation
unemployment
noun
uncountable
What are red words?
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
high/low
He was brought up in a community in which there was mass unemployment.
lasting for a long time
We need new ways of tackling the old problems of persistent unemployment, family breakdown, and low expectations.
getting higher/lower
Consumers are putting off major purchases, partly because they are afraid of rising unemployment.
types of unemployment
Keynes had great difficulty persuading the economics profession that there could be structural unemployment.
reduce unemployment
New Deal was launched in order to tackle long-term unemployment.
end unemployment
This economic growth will create new jobs and eliminate unemployment.
experience unemployment
Young people are more likely to experience unemployment than older age groups.
increase unemployment
This will make the country less competitive and may increase unemployment.
cause unemployment
Factories closed, causing widespread unemployment.
rise
Unemployment rose unexpectedly in the three months to August, according to official figures.
We see miserable workers leaving a factory and the caption ‘Unemployment hits 3 million’.
fall
As a result, youth unemployment has fallen dramatically, down 90 per cent since 1997.