"action" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

action sustantivo

sustantivo + action
Kolokacji: 109
class action • enforcement action • government action • wave action • police action • enemy action • court action • strike action • ...
action + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 96
action committee • action film • action plan • action figure • action movie • action program • action sequence • action hero • ...
action + verbo
Kolokacji: 192
action affects • action results • action takes • action occurs • action follows • action causes • action brings • action leads • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 32
(2) result, fall, ensue, flow
Kolokacji: 4
1. action occurs = działanie następuje action occurs
2. action happens = działanie zdarza się action happens
3. action triggers = działanie wywołuje action triggers
4. action sparks = działanie iskry action sparks
5. action backfires = działanie odnosi odwrotny skutek action backfires
  • What if our action backfired, and only served to remind me, constantly, that the brother I wanted to honor was dead?
  • But these actions backfired and instead the organization spread to several other prisons.
  • This would indicate that any destructive actions could backfire.
  • Even when political action doesn't backfire, when the movement gets what it wants, the effects are often startlingly malign.
  • Such an action could backfire hugely if word of trouble started going around the auditorium.
  • But he said unilateral action against the Serbs would backfire, making the West appear to be one more combatant.
  • Cohen's action had backfired, and he could find no one among the Baganda prepared or able to mobilize support for his schemes.
  • This action by Grishin backfired and was almost universally viewed as a cruel act.
  • This year the authorities went further, although their action against Mr. Huang backfired.
(14) violate, shock
Kolokacji: 2
(18) constitute, represent
Kolokacji: 2
(19) say, allege
Kolokacji: 2
(21) threaten, jeopardize, endanger
Kolokacji: 3
(22) fail, betray, reinforce
Kolokacji: 3
(24) undermine, weaken
Kolokacji: 2
(26) stem, remove, free
Kolokacji: 3
(27) harm, slow
Kolokacji: 2
(28) underscore, highlight
Kolokacji: 2
(29) warrant, ensure
Kolokacji: 2
(30) contradict, belie, differ
Kolokacji: 3
(31) infringe, progress
Kolokacji: 2
(32) bely
Kolokacji: 1
verbo + action
Kolokacji: 258
take action • initiate action • demand action • delay action • action undertaken • require action • perform actions • threaten action • ...
adjetivo + action
Kolokacji: 455
legal action • military action • affirmative action • disciplinary action • far action • direct action • immediate action • political action • ...
preposición + action
Kolokacji: 36
into action • of action • for action • in action • through action • ...

Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.