Collocations for wilderness - noun
ADJ.
last | great | barren, desert, desolate | frozen | uncharted | unspoilt | political
(figurative) the man who brought the party back from the political wilderness
(figurative) the man who brought the party back from the political wilderness
VERB + WILDERNESS
transform
They transformed the wilderness into a garden.
They transformed the wilderness into a garden.
explore
They set out to explore the earth''s last great wilderness, Antarctica.
They set out to explore the earth''s last great wilderness, Antarctica.
WILDERNESS + NOUN
years
(figurative) His wilderness years (= when he was out of politics and the public eye) in the 1990s were spent in North America.
(figurative) His wilderness years (= when he was out of politics and the public eye) in the 1990s were spent in North America.
PREP.
in the ~
We were hopelessly lost in the wilderness.
We were hopelessly lost in the wilderness.