WRONG


Meaning of WRONG in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ great , terrible

▪ past

▪ moral

▪ civil , criminal

There are various kinds of civil ~s, or torts.

VERB + WRONG

▪ commit , do (sb) , inflict

If they do ~, they have to be punished.

You are answerable in court for ~s done to individuals.

the ~s inflicted on innocent people

According to her, her son could do no ~.

He admitted he had done her ~ and asked for forgiveness.

▪ compensate (sb) for , correct ( esp. AmE ), put right ( esp. BrE ), redress , right , undo

How can we right these ~s?

▪ suffer

It's the job of the newspapers to expose the ~s suffered by such people.

▪ forgive (sb for)

The two communities must learn to forgive past ~s.

▪ acknowledge , apologize for , recognize

▪ see no

I see no ~ in asking him to share the expenses.

▪ expose

▪ avenge

PREPOSITION

▪ in the ~

Although he knew he was in the ~, he wouldn't apologize.

PHRASES

▪ the difference between right and ~

Children have to learn the difference between right and ~.

▪ the rights and ~s (of sth)

Whatever the rights and ~s of the situation, there's not a lot we can do.

II.

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , seem

▪ go

Things seemed to be going horribly ~.

▪ get sth

He got all his calculations ~.

▪ find sth

The doctor could find nothing ~ with him.

▪ get sb

Don't get me ~ (= don't misunderstand me) —I'm not asking for special treatment.

▪ prove sb

She was able to prove him ~.

ADVERB

▪ all , badly , disastrously , drastically , dreadfully , hopelessly , horribly , seriously , spectacularly , terribly , tragically , very

You've got it all ~. I never meant to imply that you were responsible.

▪ absolutely , completely , dead , downright , entirely , fundamentally , plain ( informal ), quite , totally , utterly

The authors are just plain ~ in their assessments.

▪ just , simply

She's simply ~ for this job.

▪ not far ( esp. BrE )

They weren't far ~ with their estimate of 100 000.

▪ not necessarily

▪ clearly , obviously , plainly

▪ ethically , morally

▪ physically

There is nothing physically ~ with him.

PREPOSITION

▪ about

You were completely ~ about Maurice. He's not leaving.

▪ for

She's all ~ for you.

▪ in

Everything was going ~ in my life.

▪ with

She was worried that there was something seriously ~ with her.

PHRASES

▪ there's nothing ~ with sth

There's nothing inherently ~ with this type of nostalgia.

▪ you can't go ~ (with sth)

You can't go ~ with spaghetti—everyone likes it.

Wrong is used with these nouns: ↑ address , ↑ advice , ↑ answer , ↑ approach , ↑ assumption , ↑ attitude , ↑ calculation , ↑ choice , ↑ conclusion , ↑ decision , ↑ diagnosis , ↑ direction , ↑ idea , ↑ impression , ↑ interpretation , ↑ kind , ↑ message , ↑ moment , ↑ move , ↑ note , ↑ number , ↑ order , ↑ person , ↑ place , ↑ reason , ↑ road , ↑ side , ↑ signal , ↑ size , ↑ sort , ↑ street , ↑ tack , ↑ thing , ↑ time , ↑ turn , ↑ turning , ↑ view , ↑ way , ↑ word

III.

adv.

Wrong is used with these verbs: ↑ guess

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .