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"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 • ...
verbo + action
Kolokacji: 258
take action • initiate action • demand action • delay action • action undertaken • require action • perform actions • threaten action • ...
frequent collocations
Kolokacji: 98
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 38
(1) take, receive, include, accept, welcome, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(2) initiate, recommend, discuss, urge, advocate
Kolokacji: 5
(3) demand, require, want, need, request
Kolokacji: 5
(4) delay, involve, focus, affect, change, ...
Kolokacji: 6
1. delay action = działanie opóźnienia delay action
delay actions
  • "We'll have to delay further action until we can sort this matter out."
  • It was the third time the agency had delayed action.
  • Until the matter is settled, of course we must delay action.
  • School officials say opposition could delay action on the measure.
  • "The commission has elected to delay action for a period of not more than three weeks."
  • The panel made recommendations last year, but the Administration has delayed action on them.
  • Baker says "we are not delaying action in any way".
  • I'd like, if I may, to report your provisional findings, and to ask him to delay action on them for a week.
  • The result of the referendum was challenged, and legal activities delayed further action until 2009.
  • There is no reason to delay action on that.
2. involve action = obejmij działanie involve action
involve actions
3. focus on actions = nacisk na czyny focus on actions
4. affect one's actions = wpływać czyjś czyny affect one's actions
5. change one's actions = zmiana czyjś czyny change one's actions
6. enable action = umożliw działanie enable action
(5) undertake, coordinate, plan, design, organize, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(6) perform, carry, complete
Kolokacji: 3
(7) threaten, call, promise, anticipate, predict, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(8) pursue, use, put, engage, lead, ...
Kolokacji: 15
(9) avoid, prevent
Kolokacji: 2
(10) oppose, defend, justify, explain, fight, apologize, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(11) see, consider, understand, translate, view, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(12) support, encourage, promote, endorse, facilitate, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(13) face, spring, lie, leap
Kolokacji: 4
(14) describe, identify, account, suggest, indicate, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(15) condemn, seek, participate, postpone, force, ...
Kolokacji: 13
(16) control, hold, kill, block, end, ...
Kolokacji: 12
(17) criticize, await, praise, denounce, review, ...
Kolokacji: 15
(18) award
Kolokacji: 2
(19) get, begin, go, start, launch, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(20) influence, govern, order, dictate, determine, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(21) regret, miss, lose
Kolokacji: 3
(22) prompt, wound, challenge, inspire, provoke, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(23) authorize, choose, allow, favor, permit, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(24) file, record, list
Kolokacji: 3
(25) protest, represent, match, constitute, agree
Kolokacji: 5
(26) bring, return, make, give, produce, ...
Kolokacji: 19
(27) aim, propose, target
Kolokacji: 3
(28) watch, find, know, observe, witness, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(29) base
Kolokacji: 2
(30) investigate, question, contemplate, compare, examine, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(31) show, mean, emphasize, express, imply
Kolokacji: 6
(32) combine, feature
Kolokacji: 2
(33) cover, protect, conceal, hide
Kolokacji: 5
(34) refer, relate, cite, associate, commend, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(35) depend, rely
Kolokacji: 2
(36) prohibit, ban
Kolokacji: 2
(37) depict, characterize, portray, outline
Kolokacji: 4
(38) say, precede, note
Kolokacji: 3
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 • ...

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