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Collocations for hate - noun

1. strong feeling of dislike

ADJECTIVE

absolute, pure
In her eyes he could see naked hate.

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VERB + hate

be filled with, be full of, burn with
He burned with hate for everyone and everything.

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hate + NOUN

campaign, figure (esp. BrE), mail
victim of a vicious hate campaign
She became a hate figure for politicians on the left.
crime, speech

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PREPOSITION

hate for
full of hate for the people who had betrayed her

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2. sb/sth you hate

ADJECTIVE

pet (BrE)
Jazz has always been a pet hate of mine.

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Collocations for hate - verb

ADVERB

particularly, really
absolutely
I absolutely hate cooking.
almost
For a moment she almost hated him.
just
Don't you just hate people who are always right?
always
I always hated school.
still

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VERB + hate

begin to, come to, grow to
He came to hate the town, with its narrow prejudices.
love to
the media baron all the liberals love to hate

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PREPOSITION

for
He hated me for standing up to him.

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PHRASES

hate it when
I hate it when you lose your temper like that.
hate to say, see, think, etc.
I'd hate to say how many hours I've spent trying to fix my computer.

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Hate is used with these nouns as the object:
fact, feeling, nickname, violence

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