"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 • ...
(1) temporarily, permanently
Kolokacji: 2
(2) officially, formally
Kolokacji: 2
(6) finally, eventually
Kolokacji: 2
(7) fast, carefully, tight
Kolokacji: 3
1. close unchanged = blisko niezmieniony close unchanged
3. close reflexively = blisko w stronie zwrotnej close reflexively
  • Hands opened and closed reflexively at Miya's touch.
  • Henry took her gloved hands and was encouraged when they closed reflexively around his.
  • The worn gold wedding band sparked in the sun, and my hand closed reflexively over it.
  • His fingers closed reflexively against something smooth and cool.
  • Victoria reflexively closed her hand around his shaft.
  • The outsize claws of the huge crayfish spread wide, then closed reflexively.
  • Cabin pressure dropped and Daniel reflexively closed his faceshield.
  • But as Sean brought his hand down, it closed reflexively into a fist.
  • Hiren reflexively closed his fingers about what felt like a tiny padd.
  • The eye reflexively closes as a result of this sensation.
(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
(25) obediently, stubbornly
Kolokacji: 2

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