collocations with absolutely, completely

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Collocations with absolutely, completely Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English, 2nd edition

absolutely adv. is used with these adjectives:

ABSURD, AMAZED, AMAZING, APPALLING, ASTONISHED, ASTONISHING, AWFUL,

BEAUTIFUL, BREATHTAKING, BRILLIANT,

CENTRAL, CERTAIN, CHARMING, CLEAR, COMMITTED, CONFIDENT, CONFIDENTIAL, CONSISTENT, CONSTANT, CONVINCED, CORRECT, COVERED, CRAZY, CRITICAL, CRUCIAL,

DEDICATED, DELICIOUS, DELIGHTED, DELIGHTFUL, DEPENDENT, DESPERATE, DETERMINED, DEVOTED, DISASTROUS, DISGRACEFUL, DISGUSTED, DISGUSTING, DREADFUL,

ELATED, EQUAL, ESSENTIAL, EXCELLENT, EXHAUSTED, EXPLICIT, EXTRAORDINARY,

FAIR, FAITHFUL, FALSE, FANTASTIC, FASCINATING, FATAL, FEARLESS, FED UP, FILTHY, FINE, FLAT, FREE, FREEZING, FULL, FUNDAMENTAL, FURIOUS,

GENUINE, GORGEOUS, GREAT, HARMLESS, HELPLESS, HONEST, HOPELESS, HORRIBLE, HUGE, HYSTERICAL,

IDEAL, IDENTICAL, IMPERATIVE, IMPOSSIBLE, INCAPABLE, INCORRECT, INCREDIBLE, INDISPENSABLE, INSANE, INSEPARABLE, INTOLERABLE, INVALUABLE,

LEVEL, LOGICAL, LOVELY, LOYAL, LUDICROUS,

MAD, MAGICAL, MAGNIFICENT, MARVELLOUS, MEANINGLESS, MISERABLE, MOTIONLESS, NECESSARY,

OPPOSED, OUTRAGEOUS, OUTSTANDING, PERFECT, PLAIN, POINTLESS, POSITIVE, PRECISE, QUIET,

RELIABLE, REMARKABLE, RIDICULOUS, RIGHT, RIGID,

SACRED, SAFE, SECURE, SENSELESS, SERIOUS, SHATTERED, SHOCKED, SHOCKING, SICK, SILENT, SINCERE, SOAKED, SOLID, SPECTACULAR, SPLENDID, SQUARE, STEADY, STILL, STRAIGHT, STUPID, SUPERB, SURE,

TERRIBLE, TERRIFIED, THRILLED, TRUE, TRUTHFUL, TYPICAL,

UNACCEPTABLE, UNAVOIDABLE, UNBEARABLE, UNBELIEVABLE, UNFORGETTABLE, UNITED, UNTHINKABLE, USELESS,

VALID, VITAL, WILD, WONDERFUL, WORTHLESS, WRONG

Absolutely is used with these verbs: ADORE, AGREE, DESPISE, DOMINATE, DREAD, FORBID, GUARANTEE, HATE, INSIST, LOVE, OVERWHELM, REFUSE, REQUIRE, SEETHE

completely adv. is used with these adjectives:

ABSENT, ABSORBED, ABSURD, ACCEPTABLE, ACCIDENTAL, ACCURATE, ALIEN, ALONE, AMAZED, ANONYMOUS, ARBITRARY, ARTIFICIAL, AUTOMATIC, AUTONOMOUS, AVOIDABLE,

BAFFLED, BALANCED, BALD, BARE, BARREN, BELIEVABLE, BEWILDERED, BEWILDERING, BLACK, BLAMELESS, BLANK, BLIND, BOGUS, BONKERS, BORING, BROKE,

CALM, CLEAN, CLEAR, CLOSED, COINCIDENTAL, COMFORTABLE, COMMITTED, CONFIDENT, CONFIDENTIAL, CONFUSED, CONSCIOUS, CONSISTENT, CONTRADICTORY, CONTRARY, CONVINCED, CONVINCING, COOL, CORRECT, COVERED, CRAZY, CREDIBLE, CYNICAL,

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completely adv. is used with these adjectives:

DAFT, DARK, DEAF, DECAYED, DEFENCELESS, DEJECTED, DEPENDENT, DERANGED, DESERTED, DETACHED, DEVOID, DEVOTED, DIFFERENT, DISASTROUS, DISILLUSIONED, DISMISSIVE, DISORGANIZED, DISPROPORTIONATE, DISSIMILAR, DISTINCT, DISTRAUGHT, DOMINANT, DRUNK, DRY,

EFFECTIVE, EMPTY, ENGROSSED, ERECT, ERRATIC, ESTRANGED, EVEN, EVIL, EXEMPT, EXHAUSTED, EXPOSED, EXTINCT,

FAIR, FAITHFUL, FALSE, FAMILIAR, FEARLESS, FED UP, FICTIONAL, FICTITIOUS, FINE, FLAT, FLEXIBLE, FOOLISH, FOREIGN, FREE, FRUITLESS, FRUSTRATED, FULL, FUTILE,

GENUINE, GREY, GROUNDLESS, HAPPY, HARMLESS, HEALTHY, HELPLESS, HONEST, HONOURABLE, HOOKED, HOPELESS, HYSTERICAL,

IDENTICAL, IGNORANT, ILLEGITIMATE, ILLITERATE, ILLOGICAL, IMAGINARY, IMMATERIAL, IMMOBILE, IMMORAL, IMMUNE, IMPARTIAL, IMPASSABLE, IMPASSIVE, IMPOSSIBLE, IMPOTENT, IMPRACTICABLE, IMPRACTICAL, INACCESSIBLE, INACCURATE, INACTIVE, INADEQUATE, INAPPROPRIATE, INCAPABLE, INCOMPATIBLE, INCOMPETENT, INCOMPREHENSIBLE, INCONGRUOUS, INCORRECT, INDEPENDENT, INDIFFERENT, INEFFECTIVE, INEPT, INERT, INEXPLICABLE, INFLEXIBLE, INNOCENT, INSANE, INSENSITIVE, INSEPARABLE, INSIGNIFICANT, INSULATED, INTACT, INVISIBLE, IRRATIONAL, IRRELEVANT, IRRESPONSIBLE, ISOLATED,

JUSTIFIABLE, JUSTIFIED, LACKING, LAME, LEGAL, LEGITIMATE, LEVEL, LIFELESS, LIMP, LOGICAL, LOST, LOYAL, LUDICROUS,

MAD, MISERABLE, MISLEADING, MISSING, MISTAKEN, MOTIONLESS, MYSTIFIED,

NAKED, NATURAL, NEGATIVE, NEUTRAL, NEW, NON-EXISTENT, NORMAL, NOVEL, NUDE,

OBJECTIVE, OBLIVIOUS, OBSCURE, OBSOLETE, OBVIOUS , ONE-SIDED, OPAQUE, OPEN, OPPOSED, ORGANIC, ORIGINAL, OUTRAGEOUS, OVERCAST, OVERGROWN, OVERWHELMING,

PAINLESS, PASSIVE, PERFECT, PERPLEXED, PLAIN, POINTLESS, POWERLESS, PREDICTABLE, PREOCCUPIED, PUZZLED, QUIET,

RANDOM, RATIONAL, READY, RECOGNIZABLE, RECYCLABLE, RED, REDUNDANT, RELAXED, RELIABLE, RELIANT, RELIEVED, REPULSIVE, RESISTANT, RESPONSIBLE, REVERSIBLE, RIDICULOUS, RIGID,

SAFE, SANE, SATISFACTORY, SATISFIED, SATISFYING, SECLUDED, SECULAR, SECURE, SELF-CONTAINED, SELF-SUFFICIENT, SELFISH, SENSELESS, SEPARABLE, SEPARATE, SERIOUS, SHATTERED, SHOCKED, SILENT, SINCERE, SLACK, SMOOTH, SOAKED, SOBER, SOLID, SOLUBLE, SPEECHLESS, STABLE, STATIC, STERILE, STILL, STRAIGHT, STRESSED, STUCK, STUNNED, STUPID, SUBJECTIVE, SUBMERGED, SUBORDINATE, SUPERFLUOUS, SURE , SURPRISED,

TERRIFIED, TRANSPARENT, TRIVIAL, TRUE, TRUTHFUL,

UNABLE, UNACCEPTABLE, UNAFFECTED, UNAWARE, UNBALANCED, UNBEARABLE, UNBELIEVABLE, UNCHANGED, UNCONCERNED, UNCONSCIOUS, UNCONTROLLABLE,UNDERSTANDABLE, UNDRESSED, UNEXPECTED, UNFAMILIAR, UNFASHIONABLE, UNFIT, UNFOUNDED, UNHEARD-OF, UNINHABITABLE, UNINHIBITED, UNINTELLIGIBLE, UNINTERESTED, UNIQUE, UNKNOWN, UNMOVED, UNNECESSARY, UNNOTICED, UNPROVOKED, UNREAL, UNREASONABLE, UNSCATHED, UNSCRUPULOUS, UNSUITABLE, UNSURE, UNTHINKABLE, UNUSED TO, UNWARRANTED, UP TO DATE, UPRIGHT, USELESS,

VALID, VALUELESS, VISIBLE, VOLUNTARY, VULNERABLE, WORTHLESS, WRONG

Completely is used with these verbs:

ABANDON, ABOLISH, ABSORB, AGREE, ALTER, ASSIMILATE,

BAN, BELIEVE, BLIND, BLOCK, BREAK, BURN, BURY,

CEASE, CHANGE, CLEAR, COAT, COLLAPSE, CONCEAL, CONFUSE , CONTRADICT, COOL, COVER, CRACK, CURE, CUT,

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Completely is used with these verbs:

DEFEAT, DELETE, DENY, DEPLETE, DESTROY, DISAGREE, DISAPPEAR, DISCARD, DISINTEGRATE, DISMISS, DISRUPT, DISSOLVE, DISTORT, DOMINATE, DRAIN, DRY,

ELIMINATE, EMBRACE, EMPTY, ENCLOSE, ERADICATE, ERASE, ERODE, EVADE, EXCAVATE, EXCLUDE, EXHAUST, EXPOSE,

FAIL, FILL, FOCUS, FOOL, FORGET, FREEZE, FULFIL, GUT, HEAL, HIDE, HUMILIATE,

IDENTIFY, IGNORE , IMMERSE, INHIBIT, INTEGRATE, LACK, LIE, LIFT,

MASK, MASTER, MISINTERPRET, MISJUDGE, MISLEAD, MISMANAGE, MISREAD, MISREPRESENT, MISS, MISUNDERSTAND,

NEGLECT, OBLITERATE, OBSCURE, OBSTRUCT, OFFSET, OMIT, OVERCOME, OVERHAUL, OVERLOOK, OVERTURN, OVERWHELM,

PARALYSE, PENETRATE, PREPARED, PREVENT, PROTECT,

REBUILD, RECONSTRUCT, RECOVER, REGAIN, REJECT, RELAX, RELIEVE, RELY, REMOVE, RENEW, RENOVATE, REORGANIZE, REPAIR, REPLACE, RESOLVE, RESTORE, RETHINK, REVERSE, REVISE , REWRITE, RUIN, RULE,

SEAL, SEPARATE, SHADE, SHATTER, SILENCE, SOAK, SOLVE, SPOIL, STOP, STRIP, SUBORDINATE, SUCCEED, SUPPRESS, SURRENDER, SURROUND, SYMPATHIZE,

THAW, TRANSFORM, TRUST,

UNDERESTIMATE, UNDERMINE, UNDERSTAND, VANISH, WIPE, WITHDRAW, WRECK

Green adjectives and verbs can be used with both absolutely and completely

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... absolutelu amazed ... ... absolutely gorgeous ... ... absolutely shocked ...

... completely absorbed ... ... completely confused... ... completely hooked ...