"desire" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

desire sustantivo

sustantivo + desire
Kolokacji: 3
heart desire • Streetcar Desire • consumer desire
desire + verbo
Kolokacji: 42
desire leads • desire makes • desire comes • desire grows • desire causes • ...
verbo + desire
Kolokacji: 68
name Desire • reflect one's desire • satisfy one's desire • understand one's desire • express a desire • state one's desire • ...
adjetivo + desire
Kolokacji: 168
strong desire • sexual desire • great desire • human desire • overwhelming desire • intense desire • real desire • personal desire • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 48
(2) sexual, erotic, romantic
Kolokacji: 3
1. human desire = ludzka ochota human desire
  • So there is an understandable desire to have stability in the country.
  • If the weight of the assessment detail were to lead to an understandable desire for simplification, there is another awful danger awaiting the child.
  • Wanting to have children who follow in one's footsteps is an understandable desire.
  • But the understandable desire of all people to feel better about themselves is not the issue.
  • This criminal activity is based on the exploitation of the understandable desire to have a better life.
  • I just think the lieutenant has an understandable desire to do what she can to try to save the Vahni.
  • This results from the understandable desire of a President to replace the staff in order to be sure it is responsive to him.
  • An understandable desire on your part, of course, but one-sadly-that does somewhat conflict with the plans the interests that we represent have for the weapon.
  • Under the circumstances, I thought it was an entirely understandable desire.
  • And more than that understandable desire to see Richard again.
3. strange desire = dziwna ochota strange desire
4. illicit desire = niedozwolona ochota illicit desire
(8) sudden, immediate, express
Kolokacji: 3
(9) natural, instinctive
Kolokacji: 2
(10) secret, dark, hidden, unspoken
Kolokacji: 4
(11) insatiable, unquenchable
Kolokacji: 2
(12) simple, mere
Kolokacji: 2
(19) only, sole
Kolokacji: 2
(22) selfish, vain, altruistic
Kolokacji: 3
(23) apparent, obvious, evident
Kolokacji: 3
(24) female, male, feminine
Kolokacji: 3
(25) unconscious, conscious
Kolokacji: 2
(26) obsessive, compulsive
Kolokacji: 2
(28) slight, low
Kolokacji: 2
(29) innate, inborn
Kolokacji: 2
(30) irresistible, overpowering
Kolokacji: 2
(31) irrational, insane, unnatural
Kolokacji: 3
(32) unfulfilled, frustrated
Kolokacji: 2
(33) uncontrollable, perverse
Kolokacji: 2
(34) mad, frantic, feverish, sick
Kolokacji: 4
(36) worldly, earthly
Kolokacji: 2
(37) vague, palpable, faint
Kolokacji: 3
(38) lifelong, longstanding
Kolokacji: 2
(39) unsatisfied, latent, restless
Kolokacji: 3
(40) clear, pure, sheer
Kolokacji: 3
(42) new, primitive, raw, popular
Kolokacji: 4
(43) similar, same-sex
Kolokacji: 2
(45) inner, inherent, intrinsic
Kolokacji: 3
(46) deep-seated, legitimate
Kolokacji: 2
(47) noble, laudable
Kolokacji: 2
(48) contradictory, conflicting
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + desire
Kolokacji: 23
of desire • to one's desire • in one's desire • for one's desire • about one's desire • ...

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