adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a violent/aggressive act
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We will track down those responsible for this violent act.
aggressive/hostile (= showing anger )
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Their attitude suddenly became more aggressive.
aggressive/violent tendencies
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Some breeds of dog have aggressive tendencies.
aggressive/violent/threatening
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His behavior became increasingly violent.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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The rest were not as aggressive as me.
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I think women are just as aggressive as men but it's suppressed in us.
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Traditionally, women have been viewed as dependent and passive, and males as aggressive and assertive.
less
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There are more aggressive and less aggressive cancers.
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People would become generally calmer and less aggressive .
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Perhaps if his father had been less aggressive towards us Petar wouldn't have died the way he did.
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The same gradual process will be needed to help a child become less aggressive .
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Psychological studies have confirmed this: the more advanced students have much less aggressive personalities than the average person.
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Woman is either ignored or presented as innately less aggressive than man.
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The drivers seemed less aggressive , even stopping to let you into a stream of traffic.
more
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Some say they're biding their time before becoming more aggressive again.
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She said that not only are men more aggressive sexually online, they are more aggressive in all their communications.
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The bees, they found, were more aggressive towards half-sisters.
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He told me to be more aggressive in representing my patch.
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Better prepared and more aggressive , he unexpectedly outmanoeuvred the prime minister.
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The resulting power struggles and conflict may only make the child more aggressive .
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She was simply more aggressive , less able to let things pass than Lisbie.
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A younger man, or a more aggressive one, might have accepted the need for confrontation.
most
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These fish had been the hungriest and most aggressive , and had been our main catch using artificial flying fish as bait.
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He was a star producer, one of the most aggressive and innovative brokers in his region.
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Thus, the logic of natural selection ceased favoring the extremely mild strains and now increasingly favored the most aggressive ones.
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So far, hotels have been the most aggressive .
so
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But some pop music seems so aggressive .
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You could only be so aggressive .
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The reception at Holloway was so confusing and everyone was so aggressive .
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Finally, I had to just tell myself to stop being so aggressive .
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Perhaps she should not have been so aggressive .
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Marx was so aggressive in his criticism of capitalism that we have a hard time listening to him.
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Only by being so aggressive will his patients learn to consult immediately, to take proper precautions and so on.
too
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In it, she mainly blames women, saying some are too aggressive , and advises them to change their attitude.
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Male viewers, for example, may not like a certain woman anchor, believing her to be too aggressive .
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The rating was simply too aggressive .
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Being too aggressive can land you in trouble - and still not get you paid.
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They were originally concerned that she appeared too aggressive , shrill, and unsympathetic.
very
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A combination of lax discipline and hostile attitudes on the part of both parents encourages very aggressive and poorly controlled behaviour in their offspring.
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The Times presence in the marketplace has been very aggressive recently.
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After eating a small square of chocolate he became very aggressive and rushed around the house frantically banging doors and kicking furniture.
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Overall, as a team, they are very aggressive .
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It also reportedly sold off a bunch of Sparc motherboards on very aggressive terms.
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She pictured him as being very aggressive .
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He was faced by about forty young black people, several very aggressive .
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Conley is very smart and very aggressive .
■ NOUN
action
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The home thereby acquires a special significance; an institution protected by the males, if necessary by aggressive actions towards others.
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Both these explanations fail to deal with the generalised nature of aggressive actions by men towards women.
approach
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To do all this, dealers needed to take an aggressive approach with clients, to wear them down.
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Unlike the highly sensitive child, the defiant child has some physical characteristics that make a more aggressive approach possible.
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The unfortunate consequence of this aggressive approach has been the development of hypoparathyroidism in more than 10 percent of patients undergoing surgery.
attitude
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Prejudice may lead us into aggressive attitudes towards some person or group.
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Emotionally unstable, his aggressive attitude frequently culminates in violence.
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Carrie got up and walked around the table, feeling suddenly sorry for her aggressive attitude towards him.
behavior
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Temper tantrums often disappear when they no longer receive attention, aggressive behavior is attenuated by making may occur without being punished.
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Clearly his aggressive behavior troubled him because he had almost immediately brought it up.
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Even testosterone, so often blamed for aggressive behavior in men, is getting better press.
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Like many children exhibiting aggressive behavior , Scott found it tough to talk about his feelings and how he coped with emotions.
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It was in the locker room that he felt most vulnerable to the aggressive behavior of the other early adolescent boys.
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Some parenting patterns inadvertently support aggressive behavior in more subtle ways.
behaviour
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In other words, aggressive fantasy may suggest or stimulate aggressive behaviour , rather than drain off the motive to behave aggressively.
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There is disputed evidence suggesting that cinema and television violence encourages aggressive behaviour .
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Fortunately parents can do a lot to tone down the aggressive behaviour .
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They felt that the aggressive behaviour and attention-seeking which are more prevalent among males should not be reinforced by teacher responses.
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As I explain further below, aggressive behaviour is regarded as typical only of lowlanders and spirits.
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For example, one individual's aggressive behaviour was ascribed to his loss of able-bodied friends following impairment.
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Manipulation is just another form of aggressive behaviour .
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The primatologist Barbara Smuts has found similarities between the sexually aggressive behaviour of male apes and men.
campaign
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Nellist has fought an aggressive campaign on his Parliamentary record and flooded the area with leaflets - 20,000 distributed yesterday alone.
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The firm also has an aggressive campaign for minority hiring.
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Chemical and agribusiness trade groups have mounted an aggressive campaign on Capitol Hill.
child
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We know that the parents of aggressive children use more ridicule, nagging and scolding than other parents.
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Voice tone is an essential signal in helping the active / aggressive child inhibit his behavior.
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Summary Families with aggressive children can be helped by teaching the parents to be more consistent and effective in their control methods.
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With an aggressive child , you must set up clear consequences for certain behaviors.
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Another type of aggressive child , for example, is highly reactive to sensations.
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Threats and punishments very often succeed in scaring an aggressive child into changing his ways.
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As you can see, family tendencies can play a crucial role in helping the sensation-seeking, potentially aggressive child .
expansion
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Even heads who do not share this cartel mentality may find that aggressive expansion is not worth the candle.
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It will also keep plans to continue its aggressive expansion , opening as many as 232 stores this year.
form
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Some crabs employ an aggressive form of autotomy.
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Rape and battering are merely one end of a continuum of aggressive forms of behaviour of men to women.
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Bees and wasps will leave their stings in the flesh of their enemies, employing a similarly aggressive form of self-mutilation.
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Whether pupils' behaviour is itself a political statement or not, the aggressive forms impress themselves on to educational politics.
growth
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The selloff in tech stocks happened, and the big players at aggressive growth funds started buying REITs.
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Some are growth or aggressive growth funds; others, balanced or bond funds.
policy
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And for months they have ignored repeated U.S. warnings about the dangers of this new, aggressive policy .
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An aggressive policy may also be dictated by economic circumstances.
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Security forces will act as they judge the situation best, Mr Singh said, signalling a more aggressive policy towards militants.
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During the first months of his presidency, the pressure to adopt a more aggressive policy mounted.
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Even with a more aggressive policy of positive discrimination, it is doubtful whether geographical inequalities can be overcome.
stance
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His eyes had immediately darkened, and his entire body had taken on an aggressive stance .
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It's longer and wider than its predecessor, but it sits lower for a more hunched, aggressive stance .
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The victims of their aggressive stance are their children.
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The publican's aggressive stance towards the headmistress touched on deeper currents which were becoming condensed in the affair.
tendency
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The Asiaticus does not appear to have any aggressive tendencies and appears to be equally active during the day and night.
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In Phoenix any aggressive tendencies were dampened by the location of these agencies within a government structure that frowned on federal aid.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
aggressive/suicidal/criminal/artistic etc tendencies
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In Phoenix any aggressive tendencies were dampened by the location of these agencies within a government structure that frowned on federal aid.
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Its sedative effects were valued, but sometimes progressed to pathological depression with suicidal tendencies , so its use was limited.
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Learning theories have been much more important in positivist theorising about the acquisition of criminal tendencies .
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Most probably, if had not been articulated in times of war these artistic tendencies would have simply been considered marginal.
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The Asiaticus does not appear to have any aggressive tendencies and appears to be equally active during the day and night.
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The rumbling row with the unions over ending the block vote is a classic example of its suicidal tendencies .
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Through a series of flashbacks, Judith's past is gradually explored, and you begin to take her suicidal tendencies seriously.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an aggressive treatment for cancer
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Chris is an aggressive driver.
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Kids who play violent video games show much more aggressive behaviour than those who don't.
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Some breeds of dog, such as German shepherds, were bred to be aggressive .
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Some of the crowd were very aggressive , shouting and banging on windows.
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The men were drunk and aggressive .
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When I said no, she became rude and aggressive .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Aggressive people become more aggressive around passive people, Ruth said.
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Like many children exhibiting aggressive behavior, Scott found it tough to talk about his feelings and how he coped with emotions.
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Manipulation is just another form of aggressive behaviour.
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Patrick is generally regarded as having been an aggressive enforcer of civil-rights laws and often came under fire from conservatives.
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Perhaps because of its deep associations with childhood, drunken behavior is usually more infantile than aggressive .
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The world of international banking is now full of aggressive , bright, but hopelessly inexperienced lenders in their mid-twenties.
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They felt that the aggressive behaviour and attention-seeking which are more prevalent among males should not be reinforced by teacher responses.