2006-09-18 09:07:37 · 12 answers · asked by Demi 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I will send you the link of an online collocation dictionary. I don't remember the address but I'll return to this question and edit my answer when I get the info from my friend.
EDIT: Okay, here it is:
view.byu.edu
This data set produces the following words as the most frequent adjectives to precede imagination:
WORD/PHRASE TOKENS
REG1 PER MIL IN REG1
[100,000,000 WORDS]
1 POPULAR IMAGINATION 32 0.32
2 LITTLE IMAGINATION 25 0.25
3 VIVID IMAGINATION 24 0.24
4 PUBLIC IMAGINATION 21 0.21
5 HUMAN IMAGINATION 18 0.18
6 CREATIVE IMAGINATION 15 0.15
7 FERTILE IMAGINATION 13 0.13
8 VISUAL IMAGINATION
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2006-09-18 16:07:43 · answer #1 · answered by drshorty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since a collocation is the company words keep, it is important to determine whether the language we want to make use of will be literal or metaphorical. As to the former, the first adjectives that come to my mind now are: profuse, luxuriant and prodigious. Regarding the latter, the scope of adjectives to be used is larger and depends mostly on the writer's or user's "leafy" imagination.
2006-09-18 16:38:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's an easy way to find collocates in a language.
Go to google and insert this: site: . uk "imagination".
You'll find all the instances for "imagination"
2006-09-22 06:05:46 · answer #3 · answered by ElAl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sound, good, clear, strong,pure,nice,sharp,vivid,bright,fade,dimm,sick,perverted,awe,
stiff,colourful, etc!
Imagine.....!
Ciao..John-John.
2006-09-20 08:56:48 · answer #4 · answered by John-John 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
over active
2006-09-20 02:04:41 · answer #5 · answered by keny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about "over-active"
2006-09-18 16:16:02 · answer #6 · answered by mr_reading_steve 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
vivid is the one that springs to mind first
2006-09-18 16:13:19 · answer #7 · answered by Karen E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"vivid" is the strongest I can think of.
maybe "active", and "creative" as well.
2006-09-18 16:14:04 · answer #8 · answered by kslnet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
vivid, wild, detailed, colourful
2006-09-18 16:22:26 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
powerful
2006-09-18 16:15:51 · answer #10 · answered by Smithy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋