Collocations for IELTS Word Complaint
It is essential for the candidates to learn Collocations while preparing for the IELTS examination. Collocations are part of IELTS since understanding collocations make one sound more like native speakers. They are useful in developing a better vocabulary which is essential for every student who aspires to score well and study abroad. Developing a better understanding of the Collocations will help the candidates in IELTS writing and earn better bands in the IELTS examination.
Collocation is a combination of two or more words that sound correct and meaningful together. Collocations are divided into groups and they can consist of combinations of adverb and adjective, of adjective and noun, of noun and noun, of noun and verb, and verb and noun. ‘Complaint’ can be used in a variety of sentence structures since its meaning can be conveyed in different ways. We can understand the use of the word ‘Complaint’ in a collocation by referring to the formations and examples given below. Effort can either be used as the ‘physical or mental energy to do something’ or an ‘attempt to do something’. All the sub-classifications of these two are summarized below.
Collocations for IELTS - ‘Complaint’
1: A statement that implies you are dissatisfied with something.
Meaning: a sorrowful, painful, or dissatisfied expression
Sentence: She went about her errands without complaining.
Meaning: anything that is the source of or the topic of outrage or protest
Sentence: The biggest criticism levelled at the municipal government was its inefficiency.
Meaning: a sickness or illness that affects the body
Sentence: The patient's complaint was that he had a lot of headaches.
Meaning: formal accusation levelled towards a party
Sentence: Sexual harassment is alleged in the complaint.
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Adjectives + Complaint
Meaning: formal
Sentence: He decided to lodge a formal complaint against the officer.
Meaning: official
Sentence: An official complaint was lodged against the group of students,
Meaning: justified, legitimate, well-founded.
Sentence: The complaints were not legitimate.
COMPLAINT + VERB
Meaning: bring, make, register, voice
Sentence: I'd like to make a food complaint.
Meaning: file
Sentence: They went to the European Commission and filed a complaint.
Sentence: If you're still unhappy, you can file a formal complaint about the treatment you got.
Meaning: get, possess, and receive
Sentence: We've received a number of significant complaints from parents.
Meaning: settle, reject
Sentence: The officials rejected the complaint on some basis.
Meaning: can't
Sentence: I can't really complain because it was all my own idea.
COMPLAINT + NOUN
Meaning: mechanism, procedure
Sentence: The complaints procedure was not available on the website.
Meaning: system
Sentence: The system crashed due to huge complaints.
PHRASES
Meaning: complaint's cause/grounds
Sentence: I had no reason to complain about how I was handled. | a chorus of complaints, a letter of complaint, an issue of complaint
Meaning: have cause to, have reason to, have a right to
Sentence: He has no right to complain.
Preposition
Meaning: about
Sentence: They came here with the complaint about the working conditions.
Meaning: against
Sentence: It was a complaint against the head officer.
Meaning: from
Sentence: We received an unusual complaint from the neighbours.
Meaning: to
Sentence: It would be more helpful to make a complaint to the authorities.
- An illness or other medical problem.
Adjectives + Complaint
Meaning: minor
Sentence: The team was capable of resolving only common complaints.
Meaning: common
Sentence: That was the most common complaint of this locality.
COMPLAINT + NOUN
Meaning: bowel, heart, kidney, liver, lung, skin, stomach
Sentence: Ramesh was ill with a stomach complaint.
Meaning: chest
Sentence: He is afflicted with a chest ailment.
COMPLAINT + VERB
Meaning: suffer from
Sentence: She is suffering from chest compaint.
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