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"principal" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

principal adjetivo

principal + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 422
principal conductor • principal character • principal dancer • principal source • principal investigator • principal role • principal reason • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 83
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 77
(1) conductor, songwriter, director, composer
Kolokacji: 4
(2) character, role, part, villain
Kolokacji: 4
(3) dancer, player, actor, cellist, singer, ...
Kolokacji: 31
(4) source, author, writer, negotiator, drafter, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(5) investigator, scientist, analyst, researcher, economist
Kolokacji: 5
(6) reason, cause, consideration, justification, qualification
Kolokacji: 5
(7) architect, town, designer, artist, developer, ...
Kolokacji: 12
(8) photography, amount, occupation, argument, value, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(9) owner, office, force, agency, authority, ...
Kolokacji: 13
(10) city, residence, center, port, place, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(11) activity, work, task, mission, demand, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(12) adviser, officer, advisor, consultant, inspector
Kolokacji: 5
(13) sponsor, backer, patron, benefactor, contributor, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(14) figure, product, issue, event, effect, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(15) concern, business, preoccupation, worry
Kolokacji: 4
1. principal concern = główny niepokój principal concern
2. principal business = główny biznes principal business
  • Since the mid-19th century, however, tourism has been the principal business.
  • But ship building was the principal business, with eight large vessels built in 1880.
  • The list may not include anyone "whose principal business is the provision of abortions."
  • Tourism rapidly took over from fishing as the principal business of the area.
  • "Now they can focus on casino gaming, which is their principal business."
  • "All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it."
  • But the principal business for most of the town was agriculture.
  • Then Washburne got down to the principal business between them.
  • Today, government, higher education, insurance and tourism are principal businesses.
  • "I'll never give up the store, but real estate is my principal business," he said.
3. principal preoccupation = główne zaabsorbowanie principal preoccupation
4. principal worry = główny niepokój principal worry
(16) member, partner, party, ally, organization, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(17) objective, goal, aim, target, object, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(18) component, point, element, ingredient, one, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(19) feature, attraction, characteristic, newspaper, draw, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(20) rival, opponent, competitor, victim, antagonist, ...
Kolokacji: 18
(21) leader, chief, secretary, employer, executive, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(22) payment, industry, market, contribution, repayment, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(23) area, settlement, church, village, body, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(24) purpose, function, responsibility, duty, use
Kolokacji: 5
(25) mean, achievement, accomplishment, reduction
Kolokacji: 4
(26) theme, motive, idea, motif
Kolokacji: 4
(27) shareholder, investor, stockholder, lender, investment, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(28) weapon, facade, instrument, tool
Kolokacji: 4
(29) difference, form, cast, balance, variety, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(30) founder, organizer, institution, mover, innovation
Kolokacji: 5
(31) language, text, document, manuscript
Kolokacji: 4
(32) works, axis, mechanism
Kolokacji: 3
(33) interest, advantage, asset, benefit, resource
Kolokacji: 5
(34) focus, stress
Kolokacji: 2
(35) crop, group, tribe, category, family, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(36) street, route, road, thoroughfare, highway, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(37) factor, supplier, agent, broker, provider, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(38) witness, speaker, lecturer, narrator
Kolokacji: 4
(39) tributary, river, stream, waterway
Kolokacji: 4
(40) problem, way, mode, motivation, difficulty
Kolokacji: 5
(41) room, bedroom, gallery
Kolokacji: 3
(42) subdivision, branch, division, section, arm
Kolokacji: 5
(43) beneficiary, heir
Kolokacji: 2
(44) teacher, lawyer, ballerina, instructor, librarian, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(45) subject, question, material, topic, evidence, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(46) engineer, threat, driver, operator, danger, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(47) supporter, assistant, deputy, subsidiary, aide, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(48) deity, God
Kolokacji: 2
(49) type, symbol, space
Kolokacji: 3
(50) export, commodity
Kolokacji: 2
(51) entrance, gateway
Kolokacji: 2
(52) spokesman, advocate, proponent, representative, protagonist, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(53) station, site, location, landmark, structure, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(54) obstacle, stronghold, barrier
Kolokacji: 3
(55) base, finding, conclusion, rationale, basis
Kolokacji: 5
(56) landowner, tenant, guest, customer, buyer, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(57) planner, strategist, strategy
Kolokacji: 3
(58) objection, challenge, exception
Kolokacji: 3
(59) influence, anchor, determinant, support
Kolokacji: 4
(60) editor, application
Kolokacji: 2
(61) island, inhabitant
Kolokacji: 2
(62) vehicle, medium, food
Kolokacji: 3
(63) recommendation, lesson, example
Kolokacji: 3
(64) charge, complaint, accuser
Kolokacji: 3
(65) criteria
Kolokacji: 1
(66) culprit, offender, perpetrator, conspirator
Kolokacji: 4
(67) forum, airport
Kolokacji: 2
(68) disadvantage, drawback, limitation
Kolokacji: 3
(69) liaison, link, contact
Kolokacji: 3
(70) grape, Viola
Kolokacji: 2
(71) official, regulator
Kolokacji: 2
(72) virtue, merit
Kolokacji: 2
(73) shrine, mosque
Kolokacji: 2
(74) weakness, flaw
Kolokacji: 2
(75) earner, breadwinner
Kolokacji: 2
(76) keeper, curator
Kolokacji: 2
(77) ancestor, priority
Kolokacji: 2

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