- essay
- noun… OF ESSAYS▪ anthology, collection, selection, series, set, volume▪
In 2001 she published a collection of essays.
VERB + ESSAY▪ do, write▪Have you done your essay yet?
▪ finish▪I finished my essay about 10 o'clock last night!
▪ conclude▪He concludes the essay by calling for a corrective.
▪ publish▪ hand in, turn in (esp. AmE)▪Essays handed in late will not be accepted.
▪ contribute, submit▪ present▪A version of this essay was presented at the Astronomical Society.
▪ read▪ collect▪The fifteen essays collected in this volume.
ESSAY + VERB▪ be entitled sth, be titled sth (esp. AmE)▪an essay entitled ‘Memory’
▪ address sth, discuss sth, examine sth, explore sth▪The essays explore Einstein's personal development.
▪ provide sth▪This essay provides a comprehensive overview of the subject.
▪ argue sth, suggest sthESSAY + NOUN▪ question, title, topic▪You have to answer three out of eight essay questions in the exam.
▪ assignment▪Lunch was the only time she could finish her essay assignment.
▪ competition (esp. BrE), contest (AmE)▪the teenage winner of an essay contest
▪ collection (esp. AmE)PREPOSITION▪ in an/the essay▪He made some very good points in his essay.
▪ essay about, essay on▪We have to write an essay on the environment.
▪ essay by▪an essay by Montaigne
Collocations dictionary. 2013.