- wrong
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ great, terrible▪ past▪ moral▪ civil, criminal▪
There are various kinds of civil wrongs, or torts.
VERB + WRONG▪ commit, do (sb), inflict▪If they do wrong, they have to be punished.
▪You are answerable in court for wrongs done to individuals.
▪the wrongs inflicted on innocent people
▪According to her, her son could do no wrong.
▪He admitted he had done her wrong and asked for forgiveness.
▪ compensate (sb) for, correct (esp. AmE), put right (esp. BrE), redress, right, undo▪How can we right these wrongs?
▪ suffer▪It's the job of the newspapers to expose the wrongs suffered by such people.
▪ forgive (sb for)▪The two communities must learn to forgive past wrongs.
▪ acknowledge, apologize for, recognize▪ see no▪I see no wrong in asking him to share the expenses.
▪ expose▪ avengePREPOSITION▪ in the wrong▪Although he knew he was in the wrong, he wouldn't apologize.
PHRASES▪ the difference between right and wrong▪Children have to learn the difference between right and wrong.
▪ the rights and wrongs (of sth)▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}Whatever the rights and wrongs of the situation, there's not a lot we can do.
adj.VERBS▪ be, seem▪ go▪Things seemed to be going horribly wrong.
▪ get sth▪He got all his calculations wrong.
▪ find sth▪The doctor could find nothing wrong with him.
▪ get sb▪Don't get me wrong (= don't misunderstand me)—I'm not asking for special treatment.
▪ prove sb▪She was able to prove him wrong.
ADVERB▪ all, badly, disastrously, drastically, dreadfully, hopelessly, horribly, seriously, spectacularly, terribly, tragically, very▪You've got it all wrong. 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 wrong in their assessments.
▪ just, simply▪She's simply wrong for this job.
▪ not far (esp. BrE)▪They weren't far wrong with their estimate of 100 000.
▪ not necessarily▪ clearly, obviously, plainly▪ ethically, morally▪ physically▪There is nothing physically wrong with him.
PREPOSITION▪ about▪You were completely wrong about Maurice. He's not leaving.
▪ for▪She's all wrong for you.
▪ in▪Everything was going wrong in my life.
▪ with▪She was worried that there was something seriously wrong with her.
PHRASES▪ there's nothing wrong with sth▪There's nothing inherently wrong with this type of nostalgia.
▪ you can't go wrong (with sth)▪You can't go wrong 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{{Roman}}III.{{/Roman}}adv.Wrong is used with these verbs: ↑guess
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
