"close" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

close verbo

close + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 93
close factories • close one's eyes • close one's mouth • close one's hand • close one's office • close one's borders • close one's fingers • ...
verbo + close
Kolokacji: 32
help close • plan to close • forced to close • scheduled to close • begin closing • try to close • decide to close • expected to close • ...
close + preposición
Kolokacji: 56
close down • close behind • closed until • close up • close off • close out • ...
close + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 107
temporarily closed • permanently closed • officially closed • tightly closed • close early • slowly close • quickly close • finally close • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 25
(1) temporarily, permanently
Kolokacji: 2
(2) officially, formally
Kolokacji: 2
(6) finally, eventually
Kolokacji: 2
(7) fast, carefully, tight
Kolokacji: 3
(10) immediately, instantly
Kolokacji: 2
2. instantly close = natychmiast blisko instantly close
  • The creature turned quickly toward the bed, but Duncan's eyes closed instantly.
  • The gaping slit-maw in the side of the great growth instantly closed.
  • When the probe was clicked on the iris instantly closed.
  • He closed the door instantly behind him, stared about the empty cabin with a beating heart.
  • Her eyes were wide open, staring in wonder, but she instantly closed them again.
  • It passed successfully through an opening in the screen, which closed instantly behind it.
  • The River Master's guards started to close about him instantly, but he quickly waved them back.
  • She returned through airlock thirty-nine, and it closed instantly behind her.
  • That forced her to open eyes which she instantly closed, not believing her first sight.
  • He hit his gas and the gap closed instantly.
(11) firmly, smoothly, hard
Kolokacji: 3
(12) quietly, soundlessly
Kolokacji: 2
(14) shortly, briefly, silently
Kolokacji: 3
(15) indefinitely, definitively
Kolokacji: 2
(18) high, low
Kolokacji: 2
(19) virtually, essentially
Kolokacji: 2
(20) barely, hardly, scarcely
Kolokacji: 3
(24) relentlessly, repeatedly
Kolokacji: 2
(25) obediently, stubbornly
Kolokacji: 2

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