adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
absolutely/utterly/completely meaningless
▪ a statistic that is absolutely meaningless
completely different
▪ The place looks completely different now.
completely normal
▪ The test results came back, and everything was completely normal.
completely sealed
▪ The bag is completely sealed and airtight.
completely
▪ His life had completely changed since he met Anya.
completely/entirely random
▪ The atomic particles seem to move in a completely random direction.
completely/fully/totally/entirely satisfied
▪ If you’re not completely satisfied, you can get your money back.
completely/totally destroy sth
▪ The plane was completely destroyed when it hit a mountain.
completely/totally disappear
▪ My spectacles have completely disappeared again.
completely/totally ignore sb/sth
▪ He had completely ignored her remark, preferring his own theory.
completely/totally illegal
▪ The deal was completely illegal.
completely/totally/absolutely useless
▪ The treatment is completely useless.
completely/totally/quite wrong
▪ I may be completely wrong.
fully/completely
▪ It is a row that may never be fully resolved.
largely/totally/completely etc irrelevant
▪ His age is completely irrelevant if he can do the job.
not entirely/wholly/completely
▪ Frege’s theory is not entirely satisfactory.
not strictly/entirely/completely accurate
▪ The evidence she gave to the court was not strictly accurate not exactly accurate.
purely/completely/entirely coincidental
▪ Any similarity between this film and real events is purely coincidental.
purely/totally/completely objective
▪ the importance of a completely objective, independent press
quite/slightly/completely etc absurd
▪ It seems quite absurd to expect anyone to drive for 3 hours just for a 20-minute meeting.
threw...completely
▪ It threw me completely when she said she was coming to stay with us.
totally/completely unaware
▪ Children were playing next to the railway line, totally unaware of the danger.
totally/completely/almost/partially blind
▪ She’s almost blind in her right eye.
totally/completely/entirely unnecessary
▪ The suffering of these animals is totally unnecessary.
totally/completely/utterly exhausted
▪ Looking after a baby on my own left me feeling totally exhausted.
totally/highly/completely etc irresponsible
▪ When it comes to money, Dan is completely irresponsible.
trust sb completely/implicitly
▪ He was a good driver and I trusted him implicitly.
wholly/totally/completely etc inappropriate
▪ His comments were wholly inappropriate on such a solemn occasion.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
accurate
▪ But whether or not it is a completely accurate report of what actually happened is perhaps not the point.
▪ Certainly, one can not expect the forecasted figures to be completely accurate for each month.
▪ All the facts given were checked and were found to be completely accurate.
▪ From what will be said, it will be seen that neither the characterization nor the name is completely accurate.
▪ Do not, however, rely on such information as being either completely accurate or exhaustive.
▪ The conversation as related in the book is completely accurate.
different
▪ Applied intelligence might get them a completely different result, she couldn't be sure.
▪ By the time Hillary graduated, it was a completely different world.
▪ Originally, a long, long time ago, they used a completely different melodic scale to ours.
▪ That used to be a completely different tune.
▪ Thus, the best antidote is to whistle and concentrate on thinking of something completely different.
▪ He wished, however, to propose a completely different text.
▪ Fat, however, is completely different.
free
▪ When sounds are unvoiced, the vocal cords are relaxed to allow the air a completely free passage.
▪ Oh, then I thought I was completely free.
▪ Agricultural land and buildings have been completely free of rates since 1929.
▪ He wants to be a completely free and independent person, but he must constantly ask aid of some one else.
▪ A perfectly contestable industry is one which, in addition to free entry, is also characterised by completely free exit.
▪ He had allowed his daughter to grow up completely free of restraint.
▪ This bass may be completely free or, if convenient, it may use sections of the series.
▪ To this extent, a concrete operational child is not completely free of past and present perceptions.
new
▪ Very occasionally it is good to have interludes of completely new material as long as the mood is right and a satisfactory form created.
▪ Tell him I need a completely new draft.
▪ The Journal now has a completely new look, with bigger pages and loads of colour.
▪ A completely new era was beginning.
▪ Other flowers developed a completely new bribe, nectar.
▪ Fresco is a completely new development in plasterboard design.
▪ We are able to explain and understand completely new ideas with relative ease.
▪ Indeed, as expectations can kill the magic stone dead, such occasions are often evoked by going somewhere completely new.
■ VERB
become
▪ I was overlooked repeatedly, to such an extent that I became completely disgusted.
▪ If one adds in the United States, allocating voting power becomes completely impossible.
▪ But in either case, trees so afflicted would drop their leaves prematurely, and sometimes become completely bare long before fall.
▪ It is important that they become completely natural to you if you are to base your system upon them.
▪ In fact, the magazine became completely Bull-free.
▪ Squinting again along the left of the nose I suddenly realised that his head had become completely transparent!
▪ But as soon as they come to rest the wings close and the animals become completely cryptic again.
change
▪ A tomato sauce can be completely changed by two or three minutes more or less of reduction or concentration by steady simmering.
▪ This, of course, completely changed the situation.
▪ The alteration of stress on certain words can completely change the meaning of a phrase or sentence.
▪ The situation has now changed completely.
▪ I used to do it all, I had complete control of the house, now the situation has changed completely.
▪ Sometimes she was so brought down by one of his pronouncements that she had to change completely.
▪ At the same time, other aspects of the job had changed completely.
▪ They completely changed the character of the pine-forest.
cover
▪ They're for obstruction not completely covered by water, aren't they?
▪ Add lemon juice and enough boiling water to cover completely.
▪ The walls had been completely covered by bookshelves and painted deep raspberry.
▪ Counters get completely covered with waffle irons, toaster ovens and coffee grinders.
▪ In some cases these can completely cover the topography over an extensive area and form an ignimbrite plateau.
▪ These ridges were about 1500 feet high and completely covered with lush jungle.
▪ Though she was completely covered she might just as well have been wearing nothing at all.
▪ Add the rabbit pieces; they should be completely covered by the marinade.
destroy
▪ In 1908, an earthquake almost completely destroyed Messina, Sicily.
▪ If the enemy ignites war recklessly, we shall resolutely answer it with war and completely destroy the aggressors.
▪ The tail unit had been almost completely destroyed.
▪ The result is a devastating detonation that completely destroys the rocket.
▪ Antony has turned the tables completely and has now completely destroyed all hopes of the conspirators ever establishing themselves in Rome.
▪ And in 60 percent of mice in which human tumors were implanted, the virus completely destroyed the tumors.
▪ Had his desire been completely destroyed by hatred?
▪ San Francisco was shaken by a severe earthquake which, together with the fire that followed, almost completely destroyed the city.
disappear
▪ This gradually lessened through the spring and disappeared completely in the summer.
▪ But the urge to indulge, never rational, never completely disappears.
▪ In fact he was in danger of disappearing completely.
▪ Before long, the explosive story is thoroughly media-wrenched, until the line between reality and sensational fantasy completely disappears.
▪ Beyond perhaps a specialist 12-inch dance market, it will eventually disappear completely.
▪ Some meteor showers last just one or two nights, to disappear completely until the same two nights the next year.
▪ And if to is completely meaningless when used with the infinitive, why isn't it tending to disappear completely?
▪ The oats have almost completely disappeared into the bread.
feel
▪ But after a few months, I felt completely bored with the whole idea.
▪ I felt completely comfortable with Gail.
▪ He felt completely lazy and relaxed.
▪ Jody feels completely out of control.
▪ Her shoulders sagged, she felt completely drained.
▪ To worry about you feels completely natural.
▪ Yet she felt completely at ease with Bernard.
▪ You will be ready to do this when you feel completely comfortable interviewing people and discussing your interests with them.
forget
▪ He completely forgot about young Mabel and at the end of the day went home to bed.
▪ For a blissful three hours I completely forgot about Alistair Dodge.
▪ I completely forgot my fears and rushed into his room.
▪ But he had not been completely forgotten.
▪ But in this instance, comrade Preobrazhensky has completely forgotten about this fundamental methodological demand of Marxism.
▪ They completely forgot about the rest of the cast and concentrated on their lines.
▪ She knew what had happened but she had completely forgotten the details - including the description of the perpetrator.
▪ He had completely forgotten how easily she fit into his arms.
go
▪ She will need another four at a top Harley Street clinic before the tattoo, on her ankle, is completely gone.
▪ Now the State Department decided to reverse its tactics, and on February 6 it went completely public.
▪ That's it, it's gone completely now, I thought.
▪ I went completely out of the ballpark on this one.
▪ Flannery was the first to go completely.
▪ He longed to explore, to take the wild adventure of going completely back to nature.
▪ It had gone completely out of my mind.
▪ Machines will never go completely on their own way, but they will become more aware of other machines.
ignore
▪ Those who just write a letter have found their informal requests ignored completely or at least not dealt with for some time.
▪ In fact, this estimate completely ignores the value of all the other ingredients of asteroids besides iron.
▪ Only a minority of pupils take part in high quality experimental science-which is often completely ignored until they are 14.
▪ Some of the man-apes it ignored completely, as if it was concentrating on the most promising subjects.
▪ That is not to say the report has been ignored completely.
▪ A nonverbal political communication might have enormous impact or might be completely ignored.
▪ To write and receive a reply would take so long - her letter might be ignored completely.
▪ His contribution to Salomon financial history had been completely ignored.
lose
▪ He had then completely lost his temper.
▪ The musicians are completely losing their minds.
▪ The first one Zeno had thrown was lost completely.
▪ I had completely lost a Purim.
▪ She just completely lost her nerve and was too afraid to tell him for fear of rejection.
▪ De Lavallade drifted away from Alvin, although they never completely lost touch.
▪ Blast! he thought, completely losing his appetite.
▪ By November 21, the sugar crop was in danger of being completely lost to the cold, damp weather.
satisfy
▪ Never sign anything until you are completely satisfied with every detail.
▪ Again, although deceptively simple in outward appearance, this salad satisfied completely with its subtle flavorings.
▪ No single product completely satisfies these requirements so the use of any particular agent is always a compromise.
▪ Then, when he was completely satisfied, he spoke to Hal over the radio circuit.
▪ If you are not completely satisfied, return it within 30 days for replacement or refund.
▪ I was not completely satisfied with these responses.
▪ Lamentably, none is completely satisfying.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a (very/completely/entirely) different animal
▪ But as I take my very first step on to the ground she becomes a very different animal.
▪ Each dancer had to assume the actions of a different animal.
▪ I was a Territorial, a very different animal.
▪ My second example, although involving a very different animal, raises the same kind of questions.
▪ So in Utah now, Rivendell is really a different animal.
▪ You should repeat each test at least ten times using a different animal of the same kind for each test.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ His knee is not completely healed.
▪ I intended to give you the card on Saturday but I completely forgot.
▪ Keith's dad was completely different from what I'd expected.
▪ Muscle cells and fat cells are completely different kinds of tissue.
▪ Once the program is installed, it runs completely automatically.
▪ She felt completely relaxed.
▪ Sometimes the UK seems completely isolated from the main stream of European culture.
▪ The carpet is completely ruined.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Devastated ... he's completely smashed me to bits, she thought, just as I knew he would.
▪ Flannery was the first to go completely.
▪ For a while, the adoption program shut down completely.
▪ It amazed her now how completely love could abrade those sharp edges.
▪ Its principle was completely understood, and was opposed with equal zeal and ability.
▪ The only way Glass could overcome this irreconcilable difference was by doing away with the bar lines completely.
▪ There was sand on the ground, about four inches deep, completely surrounding the building.
▪ They are completely without inhibition, a bus fall of preteens on a field trip.