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Collocations for topic - noun

ADJECTIVE

chosen, selected
particular, specific
related
articles on religious art and related topics
broad, general, large, wide
She spoke on the broad topic of ‘discipline’.
diverse, wide-ranging
The book covers such diverse topics as diving and first aid.
narrow
central, important, key, main, major
favourite/favorite, hot (informal), popular
Pensions are a hot topic at the moment.
interesting
complex, difficult
controversial, sensitive, taboo
It might be better to avoid such a controversial topic.
conversational, discussion, essay, research
historical, philosophical, scientific, social, etc.

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VERB + topic

address, approach, broach, consider, cover, deal with, explore, focus on, look at, tackle
In the next chapter the writer focuses on the topic of adoption.
debate, discuss
research
speak on, write on
choose, pick
raise
change
I did my best to change the topic (= of conversation).

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topic + VERB

range from sth to sth
We discussed topics ranging from foreign policy to economics.
come up
This topic comes up every year.

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topic + NOUN

area, heading
There will be workshops on four main topic areas.

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PREPOSITION

on a/the topic
Mr Graham will speak on the topic of dogs.
topic for
the topic for discussion

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PHRASES

a choice of topic
She was an excellent speaker, but I found her choice of topic strange.
a range of topics, a variety of topics
a topic of conversation, a topic of discussion
His main topic of conversation is football.

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