Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with wrong in American Collocation
wrong
adjective
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
US
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completely
absolutely
all
completely
entirely
fundamentally
plain
quite
totally
utterly
I believe that analysis is completely wrong.
extremely
badly
disastrously
horribly
seriously
spectacularly
terribly
This is where things started to go horribly wrong.
when it is obvious
clearly
obviously
plainly
The overturned decision was clearly wrong in the light of the evidence available at the time it was made.
when there is no doubt
just
simply
But this contention is simply wrong.
be or seem wrong
be
feel
look
seem
sound
That seems wrong to me.
go wrong
go
We cannot afford for anything to go wrong.
be wrong about something
get something
guess
Make a note of the answers that you got wrong.
show that someone is wrong
prove someone
I hope I’m proved wrong, but I don’t think I will be.
think something is wrong
consider something
find something
think something
This a kind of behaviour which many Christians would consider wrong.
argue
assume
claim
conclude
say
suggest
think
It would be wrong to assume, however, that this hostility was shared by everyone.