Intensifying Adjectives

Intensifying Adjectives: Important Adjective Collocations

A collocation is a word pair, in this case adjective and noun, that always goes together. There are no specific rules for these collocations, however, it is important to learn some of the standard collocations. Here is a guide to collocations with deep, heavy, high (low) and strong.

Deep

deep depression deep devotion a deep feeling

deep pockets deep sleep in deep thought in deep trouble

Heavy

a heavy drinker heavy rain a heavy sleeper

a heavy smoker heavy snow heavy traffic

High - Low. Notice that a number of nouns (but not all) which take 'high' also take 'low'.

high - or low - cost high - or low - density high - or low - energy high - or low - esteem a high - or low - expectation (of) a high - or low - level (of)

a high - or low - opinion (of someone or something) high - or low - pressure a - or low - high price high quality high speed

Strong

strong criticism strong denial a strong feeling a strong opinion (about something)

a strong sense (of) a strong smell a strong taste

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