noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
arrant nonsense!
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What arrant nonsense!
stands no nonsense
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She’s a strong woman who stands no nonsense from anyone.
utter nonsense
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That’s utter nonsense !
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
absolute
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That's absolute nonsense , James.
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Statement E: Racism as rational self interest I think that's absolute nonsense .
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The Commission's proposals on beef are absolute nonsense .
talking
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But he could also be dismayed if Christians were heard by pagans to be talking nonsense about nature.
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But it does not deny that they mean what they say, does not suggest that they are talking nonsense .
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Mr. Moynihan I think that is it is the hon. Gentleman who is talking nonsense on this occasion.
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If some one believed that tables were better than chairs, we would think they were talking nonsense .
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Anyway talking of nonsense you should've seen the bill I was sent for my council tax it was quite pricey.
utter
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Time-travellers? Utter nonsense , surely?
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Still, he posed several questions that he said proved the plaintiffs' case was utter nonsense .
■ NOUN
word
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Construct the nonsense words to fit what you know to be the specific difficulties of the pupils.
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Collecting nonsense words is an interesting pastime.
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What's it all about? 1 Write down all the nonsense words in the poem.
■ VERB
believe
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I believe that it is nonsense that we should give such asylum seekers any form of accommodation.
dismiss
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When Airtours had announced its full-year results in December, chairman David Crossland had dismissed the idea as nonsense .
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That idea, once dismissed as nonsense , keeps gaining momentum.
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They saved the scheme from being dismissed as nonsense .
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Institute officials dismiss the suit as nonsense .
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He dismissed the thought as nonsense .
make
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Actions in nuisance, if successful, would make a nonsense of the whole scheme.
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One could dissolve and still exist ... I hovered on the edge of consciousness, semi-asleep, making nonsense .
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However, this makes nonsense of the notion of having word units stored at this level.
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They omitted from their calculations two factors which were to make a nonsense of their plans.
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Besides, the advent of a National Lottery next year could make a nonsense of the strategy's premises about funding.
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It is just electricity that makes a nonsense of natural design.
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A voice which ordered the clocks back, which made a nonsense of time.
stand
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She's a fine nurse, but stands no nonsense from anyone.
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It stands for nonsense that is called by fancier names.
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That logical mind of yours isn't going to stand any nonsense , is it?
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It also said that she was to stand no nonsense from Sheik Hasseinen's messenger.
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He too was kind but stood no nonsense and had no problems with discipline.
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This caning had its effect for the whole class knew that Miss Smith would stand no nonsense and it stamped her authority.
stop
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The legal position is clear, so can we please stop this nonsense ?
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Poltoo, kindly stop this nonsense Straightaway!
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Polly reached up and took his hand. ` Jack. Stop this nonsense .
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Could you please stop this nonsense ?
talk
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Quinn realized that he was talking nonsense .
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A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.
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Ken also played a man selling luminous leprechauns and a newspaper seller talking inconsequential nonsense to the proprietor of a coffee stall.
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How dare you talk such nonsense !
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
patent lie/nonsense/impossibility etc
talk sense/rubbish/nonsense etc
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A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.
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Don't talk rubbish, girl!
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He had already tried to talk sense into Jotan, and had got nowhere.
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It was easy to laugh in that snug house, talk nonsense half the night, drink.
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People who talk about authentic costume are talking rubbish.
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Quinn realized that he was talking nonsense.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Busch dismissed the accusations as nonsense .
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Dr. Seuss's nonsense words have delighted millions of children.
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He described her comments as confused nonsense .
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I don't intend to waste any more time listening to you talk nonsense .
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No one should have to put up with that kind of nonsense .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Carry over the assumptions of philosophical positivism and the basic notions of revelation will become nonsense .
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Collecting nonsense words is an interesting pastime.
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In this context their role is not negative, even though you get a bag of nonsense with that good service.
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It was easy to laugh in that snug house, talk nonsense half the night, drink.
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She cleared her head of Rory, all that nonsense .
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There is a great deal of nonsense spoken about Homoeopathy that stems from this basic misconception.
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This remarkable piece of nonsense came, of course, straight out of her reactive mind.
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Which, basically, is nonsense .