"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
(11) firmly, smoothly, hard
Kolokacji: 3
1. firmly close = stanowczo blisko firmly close
2. close hard = blisko twardy close hard
3. close smoothly = blisko płynnie close smoothly
  • Usually, the door slides effortlessly along the track to open and close smoothly.
  • The pilot used the stick to hold the nose wheel off as she smoothly closed the throttles.
  • It closed smoothly and heavily, like a trap springing shut.
  • The door closed smoothly behind them, and the lift began to rise.
  • Perhaps most telling are zippers that fail to close smoothly, instead catching and snagging.
  • He slowly withdrew his foot and smoothly closed the door until only a crack remained for him to see through.
  • When they removed the servers from the service disks, the latter closed smoothly.
  • I want a glove compartment that closes smoothly every time, with a click to die for.
  • As he went deeper into the rock, the surface closed smoothly over him.
  • The valve normally closes smoothly when the heart pumps blood out of the left lower chamber to the body.
(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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