adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a beautiful/lovely/magnificent setting
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The event takes place in the magnificent setting of Bramham Park.
a beautiful/magnificent creature
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The buffalo is a magnificent creature.
a brilliant/magnificent/superb performance
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Rogers gave a brilliant performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1.
a fine/magnificent/spectacular/dazzling display (= a very good one )
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The museum has a magnificent display of silver.
spectacular/magnificent/wonderful etc (= very impressive )
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Tourists come for the winter sports and the spectacular scenery.
wonderful/magnificent/spectacular/breathtaking
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There are breathtaking views from the top of the hill.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
most
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The most magnificent sunset began to form.
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When she was gone he was overwhelmed with grief and de creed that she should have the most magnificent of funerals.
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I am looking at the most magnificent townscape in London.
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Socrates was simply its most magnificent expression.
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A Cathedral is the principal church of a Diocese, not necessarily the largest or most magnificent .
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Or perhaps, again, the most magnificent sight is the Hub.
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Perhaps the most magnificent mansion to be built here at the turn of the century was Petwood: this by Lady Weighall.
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You've been given an invitation to the most magnificent show in the world.
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She had never seen anything so magnificent in her life!
truly
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There are not many dishes he creates so, but those he does create are truly magnificent .
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No wonder Didi couldn't wait to wear it; it was truly magnificent .
■ NOUN
building
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Nicholson's are blessed with a range of pubs that are magnificent buildings .
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In some cases, magnificent buildings , complete with all their machinery, still stand.
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It is a magnificent building which has been described as the greatest church in Christendom.
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This was a famous and magnificent building but only a small, well preserved, portion remains.
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Herod's Temple was a magnificent building .
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What could still be seen, in the splendid roof-tops and towers of magnificent buildings .
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Similarly traceried are the fan vaults which roof these magnificent buildings .
collection
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The firm's wines, mostly bearing its own distinctive labels, include a magnificent collection of ready-to-drink burgundy.
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The railway has a magnificent collection of coaches in a variety of liveries.
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Railway enthusiasts will be interested in the Richard Guinness Hall which houses his magnificent collection of many prototypes of early railway engines.
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Materials laboratories of a generation ago centred upon magnificent collections of large testing machines.
performance
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The carrier sailed again to schedule on May 1, 1942 - a really magnificent performance .
scenery
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Uncivilised tribes, surrounded by magnificent scenery , have the utmost difficulty in receiving the simplest moral and intellectual concepts.
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Day 3 Sailed south through magnificent scenery to Sivota; picnic enroute, explored cave.
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Many delightful coves for afternoon picnics, good winds in sheltered waters and magnificent scenery .
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I was compensated to some extent by the magnificent scenery .
setting
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But he soon changed his mind when he realized the scope for expansion and the magnificent setting of the building.
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The city of Belfast has a magnificent setting , ringed by high hills, sea lough and river valley.
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Cost of lunch in this magnificent setting was £25 a head.
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That evening we attended a royal banquet in the magnificent setting of Wolsey's hall.
view
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Then they took the last of the bends and approached the magnificent view of St Michael's Mount.
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It offers a magnificent view of the entire Adirohdacks, following the Hudson and then darting through the high mountain passes.
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From the top it provides magnificent views of the city's famous skyline.
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Forest drive with magnificent views of the volcanic ring of hills of which Slieve Gullion forms a part.
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She went to the window and opened it, gazing out at the magnificent view over the vast lake.
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His house on the hill had a magnificent view over the bay.
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Llansteffan Castle is freely open to the public and enjoys magnificent views over the estuary.
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It is based around a busy little harbour with many waterside cafes offering magnificent views across the lake to Limone.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a magnificent 15th century castle
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a magnificent art deco building
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a magnificent golden eagle
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the magnificent mountains around Lake Titicaca
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The horse was a magnificent creature with a gleaming jet black coat.
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The location of the town along the river is magnificent .
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The room was dominated by a magnificent four-poster bed.
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The Siberian Tiger is a magnificent animal.
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Wolves are magnificent and beautiful animals.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Behind you is a magnificent organ above which is a fresco dedicated to the Life of St Cecilia.
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Creativity is not restricted to painting magnificent pictures.
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Forty-five at least, with grey in his black hair, and magnificent .
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He washed and dressed in a magnificent embroidered robe topped with a great gilt turban, then returned to the feast.
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It is vast, cold, magnificent but artificial, its detail mechanical, its mosaics pre-Raphaelite in feeling.
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The magnificent beaches of Portrush and Portstewart, two very popular holiday resorts, are within five miles of the University.
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They're not cheap but look magnificent .