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Collocations for curiosity - noun

ADJ.

great, intense | insatiable
She has an insatiable curiosity about life.
mild | idle, mere, simple
‘Why do you ask?’ ‘Mere curiosity.’
natural
School should awaken a child''s natural curiosity.
open
staring with open curiosity
morbid

VERB + CURIOSITY

have | arouse, awaken
Their curiosity was aroused by his strange behaviour.
satisfy

CURIOSITY + VERB

get the better of sb, overcome sb
Harry''s curiosity got the better of him and he unlocked the cupboard

PREP.

out of ~
We went to the show out of curiosity more than anything else.
with ~
The children watched us with mild curiosity.
~ about
I needed to satisfy my curiosity about what it was like to make records.

PHRASES

a sense of curiosity

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