"opponent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

opponent sustantivo

sustantivo + opponent
Kolokacji: 28
abortion opponent • opponent of the death penalty • division opponent • conference opponent • playoff opponent • ...
opponent + verbo
Kolokacji: 158
Opponent argues • opponent says • opponent calls • opponent tries • opponent makes • opponent uses • opponent accuses • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 23
(5) make, win, go, get, score, ...
Kolokacji: 23
(6) use, vow, exploit, employ
Kolokacji: 4
1. opponent uses = przeciwnik używa opponent uses
2. opponent vows = przeciwnik ślubuje opponent vows
3. opponent exploits = wyczyny przeciwnika opponent exploits
4. opponent employs = zatrudnienia przeciwnika opponent employs
  • If an opponent employed a slow pace, Gilbert attacked decisively, often at the net.
  • But the opponents were employing "third and fifth" leads, so West could be assumed to have begun with five hearts.
  • "Our opponent is already employing the assistance of the Democratic leadership," said Adam Mendelsohn, an adviser to Mr. Kuykendall.
  • ("James Bond's opponents have, to a man," he insists, "always employed good diction and vocabulary.")
  • We failed to consider that their weapons and armored cars were far from corresponding to the standard of those which we or our opponents employed in North Africa.
  • He must have seen his opponent employ the luring bet.
  • His opponent in the 1972 Democratic primary, Alan Merson, employed the same strategy that Perchlik and Barnes used two years previously.
  • Conversely, opponents of political correctness then employed the term "politically incorrect" to communicate that they were unafraid to ignore the social constraints inherent to politically-correct speech.
  • Heseltine's opponents also employed a mixture of tactics in a campaign to defend the Prime Minister.
  • "You know, he is chipping every backhand," said Adams, who didn't realize his opponent was employing the shot for strategic, not defensive, purposes.
(12) fear, worry
Kolokacji: 2
(15) suggest, urge, lobby, advocate
Kolokacji: 4
(17) warn, offer, threaten
Kolokacji: 3
(19) hope, focus, plan
Kolokacji: 3
(21) express, emphasize, show
Kolokacji: 3
(22) defeat, vote, choose
Kolokacji: 3
(23) deride, gather, collect, rally
Kolokacji: 4
verbo + opponent
Kolokacji: 81
hold opponents • defeat one's opponent • beat one's opponent • attack one's opponent • kill one's opponent • force one's opponent • ...
adjetivo + opponent
Kolokacji: 181
political opponent • Democratic opponent • strong opponent • vocal opponent • formidable opponent • main opponent • ...
preposición + opponent
Kolokacji: 23
against opponents • by opponents • between opponents • from opponents • with opponents • ...

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