"long" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

long adverbio

verbo + long
Kolokacji: 314
take long • stay long • last long • wait long • live longer • grow longer • survive long • long sought • linger long • long argued • ...
long + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 102
long overdue • longer necessary • long dead • longer interested • longer able • longer available • longer possible • longer active • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 30
(3) dead, true, cold, accurate
Kolokacji: 4
(8) valid, tenable
Kolokacji: 2
(10) present, absent
Kolokacji: 2
(11) safe, afraid, angry, dangerous
Kolokacji: 4
(12) willing, aware, conscious
Kolokacji: 3
(13) relevant, applicable
Kolokacji: 2
(14) young, current, disused
Kolokacji: 3
1. longer sufficient = dłuższy wystarczający longer sufficient
2. longer adequate = dłuższy odpowiedni longer adequate
  • Even so, it was felt that the defenses were no longer adequate.
  • But the noises also suggests an eloquent woman for whom words are no longer adequate.
  • Rules of thumb have proven to be no longer adequate.
  • The need was suddenly real, and the reasons to deny Huskey the experience were no longer adequate.
  • At the same time, traditional risk management regimes used by government are no longer adequate to mitigate against this threat.
  • The current 58-year old building is no longer adequate to serve the local population.
  • She felt the medium was no longer adequate for her, and seemed to have tired of it.
  • This system, born in a less dynamic period, is no longer adequate, according to many manpower experts.
  • The complex has 2,492 designated spaces, which are no longer adequate.
  • A chapel of ease already existed before 1911 but the growth in population meant that it was no longer adequate.
3. longer tolerable = dłuższy do zniesienia longer tolerable
(18) effective, operative, good
Kolokacji: 3
(19) silent, quiet, low
Kolokacji: 3
(20) dark, white, black
Kolokacji: 3
(21) content, hungry, empty
Kolokacji: 3
(22) recognizable, evident
Kolokacji: 2
(23) popular, fashionable
Kolokacji: 2
(24) wide, thin
Kolokacji: 2
(25) responsible, secret
Kolokacji: 2
(26) familiar, common
Kolokacji: 2
(27) pink, red, gray
Kolokacji: 3
(29) compatible, distinguishable
Kolokacji: 2
(30) permissible, taboo
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + long
Kolokacji: 5
for long • on long • of long • before long • about long

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