"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
(15) indefinitely, definitively
Kolokacji: 2
(18) high, low
Kolokacji: 2
(19) virtually, essentially
Kolokacji: 2
  • Before a pay conflict virtually closed the entire financial system three weeks ago, the rate was 12-13 percent.
  • The world of smells is now virtually closed to modern man.
  • The country of Nepal was virtually closed to the outside world for centuries.
  • The largest city in the United States, the financial capital of the world, was virtually closed down.
  • Although the strike virtually closed the country down, it was peaceful and relatively quiet.
  • If you drink it so soon, it may seem virtually closed down.
  • In most major European markets, the doors are virtually closed to outside telecommunications vendors.
  • These two lines are virtually closed from 1990s, as limestone is now mainly transported by road.
  • Tibet has been virtually closed to the outside world since the declaration of martial law.
  • Miss Frederick achieved eminence when her field was virtually closed to women.
(20) barely, hardly, scarcely
Kolokacji: 3
(24) relentlessly, repeatedly
Kolokacji: 2
(25) obediently, stubbornly
Kolokacji: 2

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