- crisis
- nounADJECTIVE▪ acute, grave, major, serious, severe, terrible, worst▪
the worst economic crisis for fifty years
▪ deepening, growing, mounting, ongoing, unfolding (esp. AmE)▪ impending, looming, potential▪The plan could save the country from a looming energy crisis.
▪ current, present▪ global, international, national▪ constitutional, ecological, economic, environmental, financial, fiscal, humanitarian, nuclear, political, social▪ budget, cash, currency, debt, liquidity▪the Third-World debt crisis
▪ energy, health, hostage, housing, immigration, oil, refugee▪ family, personal▪ moral, spiritual▪ identity▪ midlifeVERB + CRISIS▪ be faced with, be hit by, experience, face, go through, have (informal), suffer, undergo▪With competition from cheap imports, the industry is facing a serious crisis.
▪He's having a midlife crisis.
▪ cause, create, lead to, precipitate, provoke, spark off, trigger▪ address, alleviate, deal with, defuse, ease, handle, manage, overcome, resolve, respond to, solve, tackle▪Union leaders are taking immediate steps to defuse the crisis.
▪attempts to ease the town's housing crisis
▪ survive, weather▪ avert, avoid, prevent▪ end▪ aggravate, exacerbateCRISIS + VERB▪ arise, erupt, hit, occur▪We are just waiting for the next crisis to arise.
▪ deepen, unfold, worsen▪ loom▪ be over▪As soon as the crisis was over, she relaxed.
CRISIS + NOUN▪ point▪The team's dismal season has reached crisis point.
▪ situation▪ intervention, management▪an expert in crisis management
PREPOSITION▪ during a/the crisis▪Three people died during the hostage crisis.
▪ in (a/the) crisis▪The government is in crisis.
▪She's no good in a crisis.
▪ crisis in▪the growing crisis in education
▪ crisis over▪a crisis over pensions
PHRASES▪ a crisis of confidence▪The company is suffering a severe crisis of confidence.
▪ a crisis of faith▪ a crisis of conscience▪ at/in moments of crisis, at/in times of crisis▪In times of crisis it's good to have someone you can rely on for advice.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
