adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a famous/well-known author
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The famous author Henry James lived here.
a famous/well-known landmark
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The Eiffel Tower is probably the most famous landmark in Paris.
a famous/well-known phrase
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We all hear the phrase "greenhouse gasses", but do you know what it really means?
a well-known fact
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It is a well-known fact that new cars lose a lot of their value in the first year.
a well-known/famous actor
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I’d really like to be a famous actor.
deservedly popular/well-known/famous etc
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Bistro Roti is a deservedly popular restaurant.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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less
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Some of the smaller, less well-known building societies can offer very competitive deals.
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What is less well-known is that rather similar effects may happen with a blow on the forehead which does not penetrate.
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While she is lauded in London intellectual circles, she is less well-known to the general public.
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LA2, next door, is primarily a club, but also attracts less well-known bands.
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Here, the Fund runs many family projects that are less well-known but doing work that is every bit as important.
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RealProducer, however, is less well-known .
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But a different and less well-known set of problems emerges when attempts are made to examine alternation between standard and non-standard forms.
most
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Gua and Vicki were the most well-known subjects. 2.
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Work has started re-building one of the region's most well-known public houses.
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The most well-known application of radiocarbon must be the dating of the Shroud of Turin.
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The most well-known of these cases is StarLink corn.
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The most well-known ones are maggots, casters and sweetcorn.
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Moreover, his parables and ethical sayings are among the most well-known passages in the bible.
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The most well-known biochemical theory relates to the activity of one of the neurotransmitters, dopamine, at the synapses between nerves.
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This process of coalition building is so well-known that some companies have invented their own language around it.
■ NOUN
artist
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A well-known artist tutors at least two of these meetings each year, providing advice on techniques and interpretation.
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Galleries feature the works of well-known artists .
brand
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Householders are thus tempted to purchase this less well-known brand more upon the basis of price than comparative performance.
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These large companies have obvious advantages in the service provider business because of their well-known brand names.
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Textbooks used to teach that consumer goods with well-known brand names were nearly invincible and able to get away with outrageous pricing.
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Try making your own muesli rather than buying well-known brands .
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The new organisation will boast some well-known brands which some palates might judge to be competitors.
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It fell to him to change the look of advertising for a well-known brand of cigarettes.
character
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Harry Hinton was a well-known character of his day.
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He was a well-known character in this area, said Mr Curran, the diocesan lawyer, on the trip home.
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The market had many well-known characters and two spring immediately to mind.
company
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It invests in well-known companies and has a minimum monthly contribution of £20.
example
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A well-known example of a reductive charge-transfer band is in the spectrum of the permanganate ion,.
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The miracles of shamans, saints, and saviors are, again, well-known examples .
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The second well-known example is the chicken produced by Fermier Landais.
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By this token, there is the well-known example of the peppered moth of Britain.
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Picture dictation and giving routes from maps are well-known examples of such activities.
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Nevertheless, the well-known examples will probably be costly.
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Another well-known example is that of the horse Clever Hans.
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A well-known example can be found at Bawdley, Severn Valley Railway.
face
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During the three winter months, almost the entire squadron changed - well-known faces gradually disappearing and being replaced by new ones.
fact
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It is a well-known fact that ferrets have mated with polecats in the wild.
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In support of this, they outline at length and in detail the well-known facts of fetal development.
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It's a well-known fact that in Knutsford the Fire-Brigade is ex-directory.
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Then my client remembered a second well-known fact about students: they love to sleep late.
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She did not need evidence, she assured me, it was a well-known fact .
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It is a well-known fact that exchange rate-based stabilisation programmes generally result in a widening in the current account deficit.
name
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I joined the Lord's Taverners and took part in charity matches alongside many well-known names from sport and show business.
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Borrowers who stuck with some of the well-known names have also lost out.
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The choice of book is usually restricted to well-known writers from well-known publishers, reviewed by well-known names .
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Some were well-known names who dominated the financial pages with their derring-do.
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Bristol &038; West is one of the few well-known names that has recently broadened its mortgage range to include nonconforming borrowers.
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Intermagnetics, of Santa Monica, California, has been a well-known name in magnetic tape for several years.
writer
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The choice of book is usually restricted to well-known writers from well-known publishers, reviewed by well-known names.
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Howie is a well-known writer and clown.
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Other well-known writers emphasize not the failures of servants, but the tyranny of masters.
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I was shy about meeting well-known writers people whose names were printed black on white.
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Mark Twain came to visit, and Mary Austin, who was to become a well-known writer , came to live.
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When he approached a group of well-known writers , they refused to buy even a drawing.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
well-known/little-known/lesser-known
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A diverse family of warm-blooded mammals whose grace and beauty are well-known and appreciated across all five continents.
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Cytomegalovirus is a less well-known infection which affects considerably greater numbers of babies than rubella.
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He purchased Western Union through a bankruptcycourt reorganization, selling off its well-known money-transfer business.
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She came from a well-known north London family, and was the widow of a proctor.
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She was a well-known author in her day, writing fiction, biographies, translations, and even plays for children.
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Since then the homes of several well-known authors have come into the Trust's care.
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Take the cases of two well-known strikes involving women - the strikes at Trico and at Electrolux.
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Thirty-six well-known theater stars are scheduled to perform.