"define" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

define verbo

define + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 144
define areas • define one's role • define life • define marriage • define functions • define standards • define goals • define several types • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 35
(9) boundary, limit, border
Kolokacji: 3
(14) rule, principle, guideline
Kolokacji: 3
(16) value, religion, orthodoxy
Kolokacji: 3
1. define success = określ sukces define success
2. define an approach = określ podejście define an approach
3. define one's vision = określać czyjś wizja define one's vision
4. define events = określ wydarzenia define events
5. define victory = określ zwycięstwo define victory
  • Concerning Iraq, many administration officials seem willing to define victory down to allow a faster withdrawal.
  • We've tried to define victory, and we are now eagerly going to try to achieve it.
  • "He defined victory as having Clinton cry uncle," said a pal.
  • In fact, we have neither defined victory nor established any real goals.
  • Mr. Rumsfeld this week struggled to define victory for a war in which the other side could hardly be expected to sign surrender papers.
  • The war on terror has had no discernible trajectory, and, unlike other military conflicts, it's almost impossible to define victory.
  • It suits the administration to define victory in a way that makes victory achievable.
  • "I can't define victory for you," she said during a briefing at the White House.
  • One question was how the United States would define victory.
  • "How do you define victory when there's no candidate?"
6. define changes = określ zmiany define changes
7. define genocide = określ ludobójstwo define genocide
(18) relation, politics
Kolokacji: 2
(19) criteria
Kolokacji: 1
(21) method, solution
Kolokacji: 2
(22) crime, attempt, rape, treason
Kolokacji: 4
(23) unit, terrorism, intelligence
Kolokacji: 3
(24) problem, job, risk
Kolokacji: 3
(25) circumstance, thing
Kolokacji: 2
(28) pornography, obscenity
Kolokacji: 2
(30) path, pathway
Kolokacji: 2
(32) love, God
Kolokacji: 2
(33) sense, insanity, consciousness
Kolokacji: 3
(34) socialism, liberalism
Kolokacji: 2
(35) obesity, gender
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + define
Kolokacji: 13
help define • try to define • used to define • help to define • come to define • ...
define + preposición
Kolokacji: 34
defined by • defined within • defined in • defined under • define through • ...
define + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 116
clearly defined • broadly defined • sharply defined • loosely defined • narrowly defined • well defined • generally defined • ...

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