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Common collocations with harbour in British Collocation

harbour verb transitive

UK /ˈhɑː(r)bə(r)/

knowingly
long
secretly

Turkey has long harboured an aspiration to join the European Union.

anger or dislike

animosity
bitterness
dislike
distaste
grudge
hatred
resentment

People tend to harbour grudges over the most trivial of things.

suspicion or doubt

doubt
misgivings
suspicion

Many continued to harbour suspicions as to his true whereabouts.

ambition or hope

ambition
hope

They harbour totalitarian ambitions while pretending to be democrats.

illusion

delusion
illusion

None of us harbour any illusions about doing this as a career.

desire

crush
desire

He secretly harbours a crush on the receptionist at the clinic next door.

secret

secret

His eldest son harbours a guilty secret.