"controversy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

controversy sustantivo

sustantivo + controversy
Kolokacji: 16
quarterback controversy • Investiture Controversy • media controversy • court controversy • election controversy • ...
controversy + verbo
Kolokacji: 64
controversy surrounding • controversy arises • Controversy erupts • controversy continues • controversy leads • controversy begins • ...
verbo + controversy
Kolokacji: 32
cause controversy • spark controversy • generate controversy • create controversy • stir controversy • provoke controversy • ...
adjetivo + controversy
Kolokacji: 74
considerable controversy • political controversy • great controversy • public controversy • major controversy • recent controversy • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 16
(3) public, particular, initial
Kolokacji: 3
(6) far, immediate
Kolokacji: 2
(8) bitter, social
Kolokacji: 2
1. intense controversy = intensywna kontrowersja intense controversy
  • In America the swimsuit became a matter of intense controversy.
  • The film generated intense controversy, including a dispute over its accuracy.
  • This plus some strong language led to intense public controversy in Sweden and several other countries at the time.
  • The article generated intense controversy in the community as to its content.
  • But the jetties had been a source of intense controversy long before the accident.
  • What happened in the next minutes is the subject of intense controversy.
  • But it has generated intense controversy, not least because the king said he was taking a girl aged 17 as his eighth wife.
  • This theory was taken as fact by the media and caused intense controversy over the psychological effects of role playing games.
  • But in the 18th and 19th Century the right to property as a human right became subject of intense controversy.
  • The race was the subject of intense controversy for years.
2. fierce controversy = gwałtowna kontrowersja fierce controversy
3. mild controversy = łagodna kontrowersja mild controversy
4. main controversy = główna kontrowersja main controversy
5. furious controversy = wściekła kontrowersja furious controversy
(11) similar, unnecessary
Kolokacji: 2
(12) whole, lively
Kolokacji: 2
(13) serious, substantial, real
Kolokacji: 3
(16) widespread, nationwide
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + controversy
Kolokacji: 18
without controversy • amid controversy • of controversy • into controversy • after controversy • ...

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