"confrontation" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

confrontation sustantivo

sustantivo + confrontation
Kolokacji: 5
superpower confrontation • labor confrontation • courtroom confrontation • war confrontation • street confrontation
confrontation + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 3
confrontation line • confrontation scene • Confrontation Clause
confrontation + verbo
Kolokacji: 21
confrontation occurs • confrontation takes • confrontation comes • confrontation leads • confrontation begins • ...
verbo + confrontation
Kolokacji: 6
avoid confrontation • provoke a confrontation • lead to a confrontation • hate confrontation • invite confrontation • ...
adjetivo + confrontation
Kolokacji: 94
violent confrontation • final confrontation • direct confrontation • military confrontation • physical confrontation • armed confrontation • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 23
(2) final, climactic, ultimate
Kolokacji: 3
(3) direct, open, brutal, harsh
Kolokacji: 4
(4) military, armed, naval
Kolokacji: 3
(5) physical, nuclear
Kolokacji: 2
(6) major, classic, legal, minor
Kolokacji: 4
(8) tense, emotional
Kolokacji: 2
(11) verbal, similar
Kolokacji: 2
(13) far, immediate, impending
Kolokacji: 3
1. bitter confrontation = gorzka konfrontacja bitter confrontation
2. ugly confrontation = paskudna konfrontacja ugly confrontation
3. nasty confrontation = konfrontacja brudu nasty confrontation
4. unpleasant confrontation = nieprzyjemna konfrontacja unpleasant confrontation
6. embarrassing confrontation = wprawiając w zakłopotanie konfrontację embarrassing confrontation
  • But an even more embarrassing confrontation with the public came in July with government's draft plans to dismantle the entire planning system.
  • And we'd like to avoid, you know, any embarrassing confrontations?
  • Nevertheless, the potential for embarrassing or explosive confrontations between protesters and the administration is increasing as the start of the convention looms closer without final arrangements being set.
  • By obtaining a copy of the rules and studying them in advance, visitors learn to avoid embarrassing confrontations with condo commandos.
  • He was about to cross the room, to head off what he knew would be an embarrassing and confusing confrontation, when he felt a touch on his sleeve.
  • Machen said Zook's undoing resulted from his team's on-field troubles, not from an embarrassing confrontation Sept. 16 at a fraternity house.
  • If she went on, there might be an embarrassing confrontation.
  • Japanese power brokers also recognized the drumbeat and moved quickly to pre-empt an embarrassing confrontation during the Bush visit.
  • There was surely an embarrassing confrontation in the air.
  • However it wasn't until an embarrassing confrontation with my (understanding) neighbours about their burglar alarm that I solved the mystery of the over-wintering tadpoles.
(17) brief, prolonged, protracted
Kolokacji: 3
(18) inevitable, fatal, disastrous
Kolokacji: 3
(19) deadly, lethal
Kolokacji: 2
(20) head-on, hostile, aggressive
Kolokacji: 3
(21) unnecessary, needless
Kolokacji: 2
(22) sharp, sudden, noisy
Kolokacji: 3
(23) full-scale, all-out
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + confrontation
Kolokacji: 15
of confrontation • from confrontation • with confrontation • after a confrontation • into a confrontation • ...

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