Adjectives that collocate with MEASURE (Sorted by collocation rank)
security (80), necessary (70), safety (69), appropriate (66), true (63), great (57), austerity (56), policy (55), key (54), government (52), special (50), economic (48), practical (47), emergency (47), cost-cutting (47), effective (46), objective (46), efficiency (46), urgent (45), tough (44), defensive (44), interim (43), precautionary (43), punitive (42), corrective (42), disciplinary (42), extreme (42), short-term (41), direct (41), remedial (40), important (40), strong (40), harsh (40), draconian (39), radical (38), simple (37), broad (37), significant (37), temporary (34), drastic (32), preventative (32), precise (32), desperate (32), useful (30), fair (28), repressive (28), accurate (22), wide (21), substantial (20), economy (20), generous (19), considerable (16), crude (14),
Adjectives that collocate with MEASURE (Sorted by alphabetical order)
accurate (22), appropriate (66), austerity (56), broad (37), considerable (16), corrective (42), cost-cutting (47), crude (14), defensive (44), desperate (32), direct (41), disciplinary (42), draconian (39), drastic (32), economic (48), economy (20), effective (46), efficiency (46), emergency (47), extreme (42), fair (28), generous (19), government (52), great (57), harsh (40), important (40), interim (43), key (54), necessary (70), objective (46), policy (55), practical (47), precautionary (43), precise (32), preventative (32), punitive (42), radical (38), remedial (40), repressive (28), safety (69), security (80), short-term (41), significant (37), simple (37), special (50), strong (40), substantial (20), temporary (34), tough (44), true (63), urgent (45), useful (30), wide (21),
Last edited April 17, 2012
