Collocations for "literature"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "literature" in context.
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literature
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [modern, contemporary, medieval, Shakespearean, romantic, creative] literature
- literature in [English]
- [English] literature
- a [master, writer, fan] of literature
- is [studying, majoring] in [English] literature
- is a lover of literature
- teaches [English] literature to [children, students, foreigners]
- won [a prize, an award, a contest] for literature
- [sales] literature on new [lines, items, products, releases]
- the [sales] literature is too [confusing, technical]
- [read, sift through, skim] the [sales] literature
- the literature on [how, how to, how many, where, what]
- the literature of [biology, physics, psychology]
- the [research, available, published, downloaded] literature
- a review of the [research] literature
'literature' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Arabic
- English
- Greek
- Mexican
- Spanish
- Swedish
- achievement
- advanced
- authority
- century
- culture
- current
- exhilarating
- existing
- feed
- foundation
- graduate
- great
- landscape
- language
- major
- mistress
- muse
- offering
- prize
- quarterly
- rendering
- romantic
- scholarship
- sophisticated