"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
2. repeatedly closed = ciągle zamknąć repeatedly closed
  • Parts of the line had to be temporarily closed repeatedly.
  • The facility was closed down repeatedly in the wake of accidents.
  • Their water slide featured a vertical loop but was repeatedly closed due to safety concerns.
  • During the 1990s, the UVS like most universities in the country was repeatedly closed by the military government fearing of student unrest.
  • This led to several congregations being closed repeatedly over time.
  • She had never been on one by herself before, and so she stood there as the door repeatedly closed and opened on the same floor.
  • Nationwide union organization remained forbidden, and unions were repeatedly closed down on technical grounds.
  • In recent days, however, as relations have increasingly deteriorated between the Israeli Army and the foreign press, local commanders have repeatedly closed areas to the press.
  • The Serbs have been unable to block the Mount Igman road, but they have repeatedly closed it with heavy-weapons fire.
  • Over the past six months the Kyrgyz- Chinese border had been repeatedly closed for a few days, which was mostly connected with different holidays celebrated in China.
(25) obediently, stubbornly
Kolokacji: 2

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