adj.
VERBS
▪ be , seem , sound
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Someone left a message for you—it sounded ~.
▪ become
▪ remain
▪ feel
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He made me feel ~ by asking me lots of questions about myself.
▪ make sth
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This is what makes our work so ~.
▪ believe sth , consider sth , deem sth , regard sth as , see sth as , think sth
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These ideas are considered enormously ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ enormously , extraordinarily , highly , hugely , immensely , incredibly , profoundly , terribly , tremendously , truly
▪ critically , crucially , fundamentally , most ( esp. BrE ), supremely , vitally
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This is most ~: you must deliver the letter yourself.
▪ especially , particularly
▪ uniquely
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Several factors make this painting uniquely ~.
▪ increasingly
▪ doubly
▪ equally
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These two factors are equally ~.
▪ fairly , pretty , quite
▪ obviously
▪ sufficiently
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He considered the matter sufficiently ~ to call her at home.
▪ internationally ( esp. BrE )
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an internationally ~ site for these rare birds
▪ economically , functionally , historically , politically , strategically
▪
historically ~ buildings
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
It's ~ for you to understand this.
▪ to
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Spending time with my children is ~ to me.
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The work of the intelligence services was crucially ~ to victory in the war.
Important is used with these nouns: ↑ achievement , ↑ addition , ↑ adjustment , ↑ advance , ↑ advantage , ↑ ally , ↑ amendment , ↑ appointment , ↑ area , ↑ aspect , ↑ asset , ↑ assignment , ↑ attribute , ↑ battle , ↑ bearing , ↑ book , ↑ breakthrough , ↑ business , ↑ category , ↑ cause , ↑ centre , ↑ ceremony , ↑ change , ↑ characteristic , ↑ client , ↑ clue , ↑ collection , ↑ commodity , ↑ component , ↑ composer , ↑ concept , ↑ concession , ↑ consequence , ↑ consideration , ↑ constituency , ↑ constraint , ↑ contract , ↑ contribution , ↑ contributor , ↑ crossroads , ↑ customer , ↑ decision , ↑ detail , ↑ development , ↑ difference , ↑ dimension , ↑ directive , ↑ discovery , ↑ distinction , ↑ document , ↑ effect , ↑ element , ↑ engagement , ↑ event , ↑ evidence , ↑ exception , ↑ exhibition , ↑ export , ↑ facet , ↑ fact , ↑ factor , ↑ feature , ↑ festival , ↑ figure , ↑ find , ↑ finding , ↑ fixture , ↑ focus , ↑ forum , ↑ function , ↑ gap , ↑ goal , ↑ guest , ↑ habitat , ↑ impact , ↑ implication , ↑ improvement , ↑ incentive , ↑ indication , ↑ indicator , ↑ industry , ↑ influence , ↑ information , ↑ ingredient , ↑ initiative , ↑ innovation , ↑ input , ↑ insight , ↑ instrument , ↑ issue , ↑ item , ↑ job , ↑ landmark , ↑ lesson , ↑ limitation , ↑ link , ↑ match , ↑ matter , ↑ measure , ↑ meeting , ↑ message , ↑ milestone , ↑ mineral , ↑ modification , ↑ moment , ↑ monument , ↑ move , ↑ news , ↑ niche , ↑ objective , ↑ observation , ↑ occasion , ↑ office , ↑ omission , ↑ organ , ↑ parallel , ↑ part , ↑ people , ↑ person , ↑ personality , ↑ phase , ↑ philosopher , ↑ piece , ↑ place , ↑ point , ↑ pointer , ↑ position , ↑ precedent , ↑ prerequisite , ↑ problem , ↑ project , ↑ property , ↑ qualification , ↑ quality , ↑ question , ↑ reason , ↑ recommendation , ↑ reform , ↑ reminder , ↑ repercussion , ↑ report , ↑ requirement , ↑ resource , ↑ respect , ↑ responsibility , ↑ role , ↑ ruling , ↑ save , ↑ sector , ↑ shift , ↑ site , ↑ skill , ↑ source , ↑ stage , ↑ step , ↑ strand , ↑ symbol , ↑ target , ↑ task , ↑ theme , ↑ thing , ↑ tool , ↑ topic , ↑ trend , ↑ truth , ↑ turning point , ↑ undertaking , ↑ vehicle , ↑ victory , ↑ virtue , ↑ visitor , ↑ vitamin , ↑ vote , ↑ watershed , ↑ way , ↑ work , ↑ writer