"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
(20) barely, hardly, scarcely
Kolokacji: 3
  • It was something to which she voluntarily closed her eyes.
  • An additional 17 closed voluntarily before the city took action, she said.
  • At the time we voluntarily closed the restaurant and called in the authorities.
  • The park voluntarily closed the ride even after it passed inspection.
  • The fish committed suicide by voluntarily closing its own gills.
  • The cemetery was voluntarily closed by the owners on July 13, 2006, citing financial difficulties.
  • They are closing voluntarily, because their owners have grown tired of the bureaucracy and paperwork needed to run a bank these days.
  • Many companies have been terminated, and others have closed down voluntarily in the belief that more difficult times are coming.
  • On July 28, when state tests showed mercury vapor levels at least 27 times the regulatory limit, the center voluntarily closed.
  • Six failed to win a renewal, four closed voluntarily and the other 20 had their charters revoked.
2. close involuntarily = blisko mimowolnie close involuntarily
3. reluctantly close = niechętnie blisko reluctantly close
(24) relentlessly, repeatedly
Kolokacji: 2
(25) obediently, stubbornly
Kolokacji: 2

Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.