"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
(14) shortly, briefly, silently
Kolokacji: 3
  • The inn is open most of the year, though it may close briefly, usually in late summer.
  • Finally, her eyes closed briefly, then opened to meet mine.
  • She briefly closed her eyes, trying to find the strength to rise.
  • It closed briefly from 1917 to 1919 then permanently in 1921.
  • She briefly closed her eyes and tried to swallow it away.
  • She briefly closed her eyes, then repeated the same old lie.
  • As a result, the park was closed briefly, but reopened in May 2009.
  • She briefly closed her eyes, too afraid to confront the reason why that might be.
  • Finally, the caller finished, he briefly closed his eyes and without a word hung up.
  • The attraction closed briefly so that the changes could be implemented.
(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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