"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
(12) quietly, soundlessly
Kolokacji: 2
1. gently close = łagodnie blisko gently close
2. close softly = blisko łagodnie close softly
  • A door closed softly in a far part of the hospital.
  • He softly closed the door and turned on the light.
  • A door opened at one end of the room and closed softly.
  • The two men went out through the door and it closed softly behind them.
  • The door closed softly and the moment had finally arrived.
  • The Major softly closed the door on us and retired.
  • Alone, he stepped inside and softly closed the door behind him.
  • He had enough presence to softly close the doors and look around.
  • The door opened quietly and was as softly closed again.
  • Bond went through and the door was softly closed behind him.
3. close slightly = blisko nieznacznie close slightly
4. close lightly = blisko lekko close lightly
(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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