adj.
VERBS
▪ be , prove
▪ become
▪ remain
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ highly
▪
Abortion is a highly ~ issue.
▪ increasingly
▪ politically
Contentious is used with these nouns: ↑ debate , ↑ issue , ↑ meeting
adj.
VERBS
▪ be , prove
▪ become
▪ remain
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ highly
▪
Abortion is a highly ~ issue.
▪ increasingly
▪ politically
Contentious is used with these nouns: ↑ debate , ↑ issue , ↑ meeting
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний . 2012