"mean" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

mean sustantivo

sustantivo + mean
Kolokacji: 13
mean of escape • mean of communication • mean of transportation • mean of transport • mean of production • mean of support • ...
mean + verbo
Kolokacji: 36
reproduced by any means • mean makes • mean achieves • mean gets • mean exists • ...
verbo + mean
Kolokacji: 49
find means • use means • seek means • justify the means • provide a means • live within one's means • ...
adjetivo + mean
Kolokacji: 222
only mean • effective mean • primary mean • modest mean • necessary mean • legal mean • peaceful mean • mechanical mean • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 55
(4) modest, small, humble
Kolokacji: 3
(10) best, major, better
Kolokacji: 3
(11) alternative, alternate
Kolokacji: 2
(16) different, similar
Kolokacji: 2
(17) conventional, formal, informal
Kolokacji: 3
(18) traditional, unorthodox
Kolokacji: 2
(19) simple, unspecified, mere
Kolokacji: 3
(22) visible, visual
Kolokacji: 2
(28) normal, geometric, primitive
Kolokacji: 3
(29) appropriate, proper, suitable
Kolokacji: 3
(31) private, mysterious
Kolokacji: 2
(32) unknown, known, intrusive
Kolokacji: 3
(36) preferred, favored
Kolokacji: 2
1. preferred mean = woleć oznaczać preferred mean
2. favored mean = preferowany oznaczać favored mean
  • These fleets paved the way for the modern American air travel industry, quickly replacing trains as the favored means of long-distance travel across the United States.
  • Militant Islam has become, for many young men and women, the favored means of political opposition.
  • In the old days-up until the early 1960s-swarming south and sacking the capital was the sheiks' favored means of political expression.
  • Bikes are the favored means of transportation.
  • But Lotus is also hoping that the networks will become the favored means by which different companies interact electronically.
  • Scooters, motorcycles and regular bicycles are the favored means of personal transportation.
  • It has been suggested that abortion has remained one of the most favored means of birth control, despite the risks involved.
  • By the time of Canadian Confederation (1867), songwriting had become a favored means of personal expression across the land.
  • Because special operations remain a favored means to extend American military power, and the C.I.A. can still be relied upon to take the blame if they go wrong.
  • When the Scandinavians brought the ski to North America in the mid-1880's, it became the favored means of snow travel.
(40) sophisticated, artistic
Kolokacji: 2
(43) harmonic, flexible
Kolokacji: 2
(44) creative, ingenious
Kolokacji: 2
(45) accurate, specific, skillful
Kolokacji: 3
(46) questionable, dubious
Kolokacji: 2
(47) basic, chemical
Kolokacji: 2
(48) external, national
Kolokacji: 2
(50) lethal, nonlethal
Kolokacji: 2
(51) quickest, quick, ready
Kolokacji: 3
(52) human, expressive
Kolokacji: 2
(53) empirical, theoretical
Kolokacji: 2
(54) Greek, Spanish
Kolokacji: 2
(55) rapid, speedy
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + mean
Kolokacji: 18
without means • by means • through means • beyond one's means • within one's means • ...

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