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Collocations for stamp - noun

1. on a letter/package

ADJECTIVE

postage (formal)
first-class, second-class (both in the UK)
47p, 83-cent, etc.
Christmas, commemorative, special
food (AmE)
These families receive food stamps to purchase food.
food stamp benefits for legal immigrants

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… OF STAMPS

book, set, sheet
a book of ten stamps

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VERB + stamp

put, put on, stick, stick on
Don't forget to put a stamp on.
She stuck a stamp on the letter.
lick
issue
The stamps were issued in 1863.
The Post Office has issued some new Christmas stamps.
collect
Do you collect stamps?

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stamp + NOUN

album, collecting, collection, collector

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2. instrument for stamping a design, etc. on a surface

ADJECTIVE

official
date, time
The software uses digital time stamps.
rubber

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PHRASES

stamp of approval (figurative)
Congress has given its stamp of approval to the budget.

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3. character/quality

ADJECTIVE

personal, unmistakable
indelible (esp. AmE)
President Reagan left an indelible stamp on the nation.

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VERB + stamp

bear, carry
His work bears the unmistakable stamp of genius.
leave on, put on
She left her stamp on the school.

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PREPOSITION

stamp of
the stamp of authority

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Collocations for stamp - verb

1. put your foot down

ADVERB

hard
impatiently
She stamped her foot impatiently.
about, around, down, off
He stamped off in disgust.

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PREPOSITION

on
She stamped on my toe!

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2. print letters, etc. on sth

ADVERB

indelibly (usually figurative)
His personality was indelibly stamped on the final product.

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PREPOSITION

with
Approved goods were stamped with a hallmark.

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PHRASES

stamped all over sth (figurative)
This is an album with ‘epic’ stamped all over it.

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Stamp is used with these nouns as the object:
foot, passport, visa

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