"act" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

act verbo

act + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 5
ability to act • time to act • failure to act • act out one's fantasies • act out one's part
verbo + act
Kolokacji: 46
stop acting • study acting • start acting • begin acting • become acting • appointed acting • fail to act • pursue acting • continue acting • ...
act + preposición
Kolokacji: 49
act out • act against • act upon • act up • act within • ...
act + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 259
act quickly • act alone • act independently • act accordingly • act responsibly • act decisively • act differently • act properly • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 70
(2) alone, solely, entirely
Kolokacji: 3
(5) responsibly, irresponsibly
Kolokacji: 2
(15) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(16) appropriately, inappropriately
Kolokacji: 2
1. act primarily = działaj pierwotnie act primarily
2. act mainly = działaj głównie act mainly
3. essentially act = zasadniczo działaj essentially act
4. initially act = początkowo działaj initially act
5. necessarily act = koniecznie działaj necessarily act
6. act principally = działaj głównie act principally
  • His rank was honorary, and he acted principally as the man in charge of the commissary, where rifles and powder could be bought for beaver pelts.
  • The class of medicines known as diuretics acts principally to rid the body of excess fluid.
  • Leukotrienes act principally on a subfamily of G protein-coupled receptors.
  • For needlework, visit any of Funchal's factories, which put the finishing touches on items and act principally as showrooms, selling direct to the public.
  • Peripheral chemoreceptors act principally to detect variation of the oxygen concentration in the arterial blood, whilst also monitoring arterial carbon dioxide and pH.
  • It acted principally to licence and commercialise the use of publicly funded developments.
  • It does however retain its links with surgery, principally acting as a charitable institution to the benefit of medical and surgical causes.
  • Amphetamine and other amphetamine-type stimulants act principally to release dopamine into the synaptic cleft.
  • It acts principally on the proximal phalanges, the middle and terminal phalanges being extended mainly by the interossei and lumbricales.
  • According to Fu and Cullen, "Weiquan lawyers act principally out of commitment, not because of any financial concerns.
(20) suspiciously, suspicious
Kolokacji: 2
(24) beautifully, cute
Kolokacji: 2
(26) occasionally, frequently
Kolokacji: 2
(27) weird, actually, bizarrely
Kolokacji: 3
(29) rashly, prudently, imprudently
Kolokacji: 3
(32) hastily, precipitately
Kolokacji: 2
(35) boldly, heroically
Kolokacji: 2
(36) finally, eventually
Kolokacji: 2
(39) honorably, dishonorably, nobly
Kolokacji: 3
(40) cool, coldly
Kolokacji: 2
(41) instinctively, spontaneously
Kolokacji: 2
(46) consistently, inconsistently
Kolokacji: 2
(47) unethically, ethically
Kolokacji: 2
(49) nervous, annoyed
Kolokacji: 2
(50) selfishly, arrogantly
Kolokacji: 2
(54) regularly, officially
Kolokacji: 2
(55) vigorously, energetically
Kolokacji: 2
(56) pre-emptively, preemptively
Kolokacji: 2
(57) temporarily, continuously
Kolokacji: 2
(58) expeditiously, efficiently
Kolokacji: 2
(60) bravely, courageously
Kolokacji: 2
(62) harshly, cruelly, kindly
Kolokacji: 3
(63) voluntarily, willfully
Kolokacji: 2
(64) shocked, scared
Kolokacji: 2
(67) embarrassed, calmly
Kolokacji: 2
(68) globally, internationally
Kolokacji: 2
(69) impeccably, perfectly
Kolokacji: 2
(70) favorably, affirmatively
Kolokacji: 2

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