"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 school closed shortly before her death in the mid-1990s.
  • It was forced to close shortly after 9-11 because of debt and tax issues.
  • The bar was discovered by authorities in 1982 and forced to close shortly after.
  • I closed the store shortly before eleven and walked home through the rain.
  • Unfortunately, by 1988 the hotel was struggling for business, and closed shortly after.
  • The international airport was closed shortly after the start of the coup attempt.
  • But sources speaking on condition of anonymity said at least two others were expected to be closed shortly.
  • It was built in 1897, but closed shortly after.
  • Mine No. 1 was also closed shortly after the fire at the tipple.
  • The state, however, soon fell into an economic crisis and the newly opened schools had to be closed shortly afterwards.
(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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