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con\u2027tro\u2027ver\u2027sy <\/strong>AC<\/strong> \/ \u02c8k\u0252ntr\u0259v\u025c\u02d0si, k\u0259n\u02c8tr\u0252v\u0259si $ \u02c8k\u0251\u02d0ntr\u0259v\u025c\u02d0rsi \/ noun<\/em> ( plural <\/em>controversies <\/strong>) [ uncountable and countable ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a serious argument about something that involves many people and continues for a long time :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>a political controversy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>the controversy surrounding<\/em><\/strong> Skinner\u2019s theories<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

cause\/provoke\/arouse controversy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>The judges\u2019 decision provoked controversy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

controversy over\/about<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>the controversy over campaign-finance issues<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>Controversy arose<\/em><\/strong> (= began ) over the use of the chemicals on crops.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLLOCATIONS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

adjectives<\/p>\n\n\n\n

political\/religious controversy <\/strong>The agreement attracted a lot of political controversy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

public controversy<\/strong> (= among the ordinary people of a country ) His book sparked off a public controversy about the issue.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

great\/major controversy <\/strong>That decision was the second major controversy of the Prime Minister’s career.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

fierce controversy<\/strong> (= very great ) This question has been at the centre of a fierce controversy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

bitter controversy<\/strong> (= involving very angry feelings ) The strike was called off, amid bitter controversy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a lot of controversy <\/strong>There’s been a lot of controversy about the term ‘victim’.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

verbs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cause controversy <\/strong>His speech caused great controversy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

arouse\/provoke\/excite controversy<\/strong> (= cause it ) Locke aroused considerable controversy with his suggestion.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

spark (off) controversy<\/strong> (= cause it ) The new rules are likely to spark more controversy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

fuel controversy<\/strong> (= add to it ) England’s manager fuelled controversy with his criticism of the referee.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

be dogged by controversy<\/strong> (= cause controversy in a way that is a problem ) Even before it was introduced, the system was dogged by controversy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

be embroiled in a controversy<\/strong> (= be involved in one ) A film company became embroiled in a controversy over the title of one of its movies.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

be surrounded by controversy <\/strong>The circumstances of her death were surrounded by controversy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

avoid controversy <\/strong>So far, the scheme has avoided controversy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

controversy surrounds something <\/strong>the controversy surrounding modern farming methods<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

controversy arises <\/strong>Some controversy arose over the safety of the vaccination.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

phrases<\/p>\n\n\n\n

a matter\/subject of controversy <\/strong>The right age to vote is a matter of controversy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a storm of controversy <\/strong>Since its release, the film has met a storm of controversy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

the centre of a controversy <\/strong>The idea became the centre of a bitter controversy.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

con\u2027tro\u2027ver\u2027sy AC \/ \u02c8k\u0252ntr\u0259v\u025c\u02d0si, k\u0259n\u02c8tr\u0252v\u0259si $ \u02c8k\u0251\u02d0ntr\u0259v\u025c\u02d0rsi \/ noun ( plural controversies ) [ uncountable and countable ] a serious argument about something that involves many people and continues for a long time : a political controversy the controversy surrounding Skinner\u2019s theories cause\/provoke\/arouse controversy The judges\u2019 decision provoked controversy. controversy over\/about the controversy over campaign-finance …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,14,13],"tags":[7,18,8],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-ielts","category-vocabulary","tag-mindset-for-ielts","tag-mindset-for-ielts-level2","tag-vocabulary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84,"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/84"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}