"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
(24) relentlessly, repeatedly
Kolokacji: 2
1. close relentlessly = blisko bez przerwy close relentlessly
  • The cold penetrated her outer layer and closed relentlessly on her core.
  • The Liberator continued to close relentlessly, its pilot ignoring the pounding it was taking.
  • He'd been having a terrifying dream: he was imprisoned between two walls that were relentlessly closing in on him.
  • Now it would close relentlessly, its speed increasing as it closed for the kill.
  • The flight was heading directly at Vincennes, and its range was relentlessly closing.
  • Maybe, but I want to take it gently, stopping off here and there while the thundering herd relentlessly closes in on me.
  • The pack was relentlessly closing in.
  • He closed relentlessly on the sole remaining Zero of the flight of four.
  • But Rimmer Dall closed on it relentlessly, pressing in, squeezing.
  • As her eyes relentlessly closed, Menolly had one last thought: how had Beauty known where she was?
2. repeatedly closed = ciągle zamknąć repeatedly closed
(25) obediently, stubbornly
Kolokacji: 2

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