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"direction" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

direction sustantivo

sustantivo + direction
Kolokacji: 35
wind direction • stage direction • Art Direction • policy direction • music direction • direction of travel • ...
direction + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 9
direction finder • direction parallel • direction change • direction altitude speed • SAGE Direction Center • ...
direction + verbo
Kolokacji: 26
direction takes • direction changes • direction goes • direction comes • direction indicates • ...
verbo + direction
Kolokacji: 144
change direction • reverse direction • ask directions • provide direction • give directions • get directions • turn in one's direction • ...
frequent collocations
Kolokacji: 33
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 21
(1) change, reverse, shift, set, switch, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(2) ask, take, need, lack, head, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(3) provide, give, turn, open, offer, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(4) get, build, follow, carry, establish, ...
Kolokacji: 16
(5) glance, glare
Kolokacji: 2
(6) read, understand, premier, study, scan
Kolokacji: 5
(7) throw, jerk, cast, pull, hurl, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(8) aim, lose, place, drive, swing
Kolokacji: 5
(9) determine, find, design, see, hear
Kolokacji: 5
(10) indicate, guide, show, suggest, direct, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(11) face, use, look, apply, respond
Kolokacji: 7
(12) win, seek, receive, welcome, obtain, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(13) set, take, scatter, depart
Kolokacji: 4
(14) know, operate, control, fly, contain, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(15) include, maintain, enter, record, keep, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(16) toss, swivel, fling
Kolokacji: 3
1. toss in the direction = rzuć w kierunku toss in the direction
toss in one's direction
2. swivel in one's direction = obrót w czyjś kierunek swivel in one's direction
  • Sawyer swiveled his gun in the computer man's direction.
  • Every now and then one of the long dog-baboon heads swiveled in his direction.
  • He rushed forward and then stopped just as quickly when the pistol swiveled in his direction.
  • Two heads swiveled in his direction, yet only one face showed recognition.
  • Jocasta's face swiveled in my direction, lit by a smile.
  • One blue eye swivelled in her direction, but his head didn't move.
  • An eye swiveled in his direction as he spoke.
  • There was a dead silence at the table as every head swiveled in my direction.
  • Her head swiveled in his direction and posed it more as a question this time.
  • The guard sat back in his chair and started to swivel in Trip's direction.
3. fling in the direction = szaleństwo w kierunku fling in the direction
(17) praise, measure, choose
Kolokacji: 3
(18) bow, smile, nod, wave
Kolokacji: 4
(19) shout, issue, write, publish, supply
Kolokacji: 5
(20) cross, flow, sweep, sail
Kolokacji: 4
(21) progress, slide, cock, rush, approach, ...
Kolokacji: 7
adjetivo + direction
Kolokacji: 167
opposite direction • right direction • different direction • new direction • wrong direction • general direction • future direction • ...
preposición + direction
Kolokacji: 23
without direction • for directions • of direction • following one's directions • by direction • ...

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