unemployment
Collocations
29(noun.)
ADJ
considerable, high, huge, large-scale, mass, massive, serious, severe, widespread | low | rising | falling | long-term, permanent | short-term, temporary | recurrent, seasonal | structural | graduate, school-leaver, youth | rural, urban
QUANT
level, rate
VERB + UNEMPLOYMENT
be faced with, face | cause, create | alleviate, bring down, cut, keep down, reduce | increase | combat, tackle
UNEMPLOYMENT + VERB
hit sb
Unemployment hit our town hard when the factory closed down last year.
climb, double, increase, rise, soar
Job losses during the pandemic caused unemployment to rise sharply in many countries.
decline, fall
average sth, stand at sth
Unemployment currently stands at 6.2% in our region.
reach sth, touch sth
The unemployment rate reached 15 percent during the economic crisis last year.
UNEMPLOYMENT + NOUN
benefit, money, pay, payments, relief | compensation, cover, insurance | data, figures, levels, numbers, percentage, rate, statistics, total | crisis, problem
blackspot
Many regions in the north have become unemployment blackspots after factories closed down.
trap
Many workers fear falling into the unemployment trap when they lose their jobs.
PREP
~ among
Unemployment among young people has increased significantly over the past decade.
PHRASES
a period of unemployment, a rise/an increase/a fall in unemployment