- taste
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 flavour/flavorADJECTIVE▪ delicious, fresh, nice, pleasant, refreshing▪ distinctive▪ pungent, rich, strong▪ bland, mild▪ foul, nasty, unpleasant▪ bitter, creamy, metallic, salty, sharp, smooth, sour, spicy, sweet▪ authentic▪
You need to use fresh herbs to get the authentic Italian taste.
VERB + TASTE▪ have▪The soup had a very salty taste.
▪ leave▪The drink left a bitter taste in his mouth.
▪The whole business left a bad taste in my mouth. (figurative)
▪ affect▪ spoil▪Don't have a cigarette now—you'll spoil the taste of your food!
▪ enhance, improve▪ enjoy, savour/savor▪She was enjoying the taste of the champagne.
▪ disguise, take away▪I had a strong coffee to take away the nasty taste of the food.
▪ feel▪He could feel the taste of blood in his mouth.
TASTE + NOUN▪ buds2 a taste small amountADJECTIVE▪ brief, little, small▪ real▪That job gave me my first real taste of teaching.
▪ firstVERB + TASTE▪ get, have, taste (esp. AmE)▪Have a taste of this cake.
▪ give sb, offer (sb), provide (sb with)PREPOSITION▪ taste of▪This was her first taste of success.
PHRASES▪ a taste of things to come▪The new appraisal plan is only a taste of things to come.
3 likingADJECTIVE▪ catholic (esp. BrE), eclectic, varied▪ simple▪ refined, sophisticated▪ expensive, extravagant▪ eccentric, esoteric (esp. BrE), strange▪ acquired▪Modern art is an acquired taste.
▪ changing▪the changing tastes of consumers
▪ natural▪ local, national▪ modern▪ individual, personal▪ aesthetic, artistic, cultural, literary, musical, reading, sexual▪ audience, consumer, contemporary, popular, public, Western▪Her music appeals to popular taste.
VERB + TASTE▪ have▪They have a taste for adventure.
▪ like, share▪You obviously share her taste in reading.
▪ acquire, cultivate, develop, get▪ lose▪I've lost my taste for exotic trips.
▪ indulge▪Now he is retired he has time to indulge his tastes for writing and politics.
▪ demonstrate, display▪Her choice of outfit demonstrated her taste for the outrageous.
▪ appeal to, cater for (esp. BrE), cater to (esp. AmE), match, meet, satisfy, suit▪a range of hotels to suit all tastes and budgets
TASTE + VERB▪ lie▪It all depends on where your tastes lie.
▪ run▪His tastes run to the exotic.
▪ change, differ, vary▪Lifestyles differ and tastes vary.
PREPOSITION▪ for sb's taste▪The music was too modern for my taste.
▪ to taste (= according to how much of sth as you want)▪Add salt and pepper to taste.
▪ to your taste▪If fishing is not to your taste, there are many other leisure activities on offer.
▪ taste for▪People with a taste for complex plots will enjoy this book.
▪ taste in▪young people's tastes in music
PHRASES▪ a man/woman of … tastes▪a man of advanced tastes
▪ a matter of (personal) taste▪What type of bicycle you should buy is very much a matter of personal taste.
▪ a wide range/variety of tastes4 ability to make good choicesADJECTIVE▪ excellent, exquisite, fine, good, great, impeccable▪Her work is executed with impeccable taste.
▪ appalling (esp. BrE), bad, dubious, poor, questionable, terribleVERB + TASTE▪ reflect, show▪The house reflected his taste.
▪ exercise▪The designer has exercised good taste in her choice of fabrics.
PREPOSITION▪ in … taste▪That joke was in very poor taste.
▪ with taste▪The room had been decorated with great taste.
▪ taste in▪She has terrible taste in clothing.
PHRASES▪ an arbiter of taste (esp. BrE)▪Contemporary arbiters of taste dismissed his paintings as rubbish.
▪ in the best possible taste, in the worst possible taste▪The love scenes are all done in the best possible taste.
▪HIs jokes were in the worst possible taste.
▪ a lack of taste▪The remark showed a real lack of taste.
▪ a man/woman of taste▪ taste and decency (BrE)▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The play was judged to offend against standards of public taste and decency.
verbADVERB▪ strongly▪The water tasted strongly of chemicals.
▪ faintly, slightly▪The fish tasted faintly of garlic.
PREPOSITION▪ like▪The fruit tasted rather like mango.
▪ of▪a cake which tasted of almonds
PHRASES▪ taste awful, taste bad, taste bitter, taste disgusting, taste foul, taste horrible, taste terrible, taste vile▪ taste delicious, taste fine, taste good, taste great, taste sweet, taste wonderful▪ taste funny
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
