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"serious" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

serious adjetivo

serious + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 566
serious problem • serious injury • serious threat • serious damage • serious condition • serious crime • serious illness • serious issue • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 100
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 106
(1) problem, trouble, difficulty, drought, inconvenience, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(2) injury, damage, harm, wound, trauma, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(3) threat, risk, danger, hazard, jeopardy, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(4) condition, consideration, discussion, treatment
Kolokacji: 4
(5) crime, violation, offense, offence, assault, ...
Kolokacji: 14
(6) illness, disease, symptom, pain, health, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(7) issue, consequence, impact, event, dent, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(8) question, doubt, suspicion
Kolokacji: 3
(9) concern, business, misgiving, worry, headache, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(10) charge, implication, allegation, accusation, grievance, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(11) accident, infection, blow, incident, setback, attack, fire, ...
Kolokacji: 12
(12) challenge, debate, difference, dispute, objection, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(13) matter, thing, affair, involvement
Kolokacji: 4
(14) effort, attempt, work, role, play, ...
Kolokacji: 28
(15) mistake, error, lapse, miscalculation, blunder, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(16) complication, handicap, disability, ramification, development, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(17) contender, competition, opposition, competitor, rival, ...
Kolokacji: 13
(18) flaw, defect, weakness, fault, failing, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(19) thought, purpose, intent, intention, plan, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(20) talk, conversation, flirtation
Kolokacji: 3
(21) breach, rift, split, fracture, snag, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(22) tone, note, undertone
Kolokacji: 3
(23) candidate, collector, people, person, bidder, ...
Kolokacji: 13
(24) negotiation, dialogue, bargaining
Kolokacji: 3
(25) crisis, depression, recession, slump
Kolokacji: 4
(26) look, attention, expression, face, aspect, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(27) reaction, effect, response, answer, side-effect, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(28) loss, drawback, disadvantage, shortcoming, deprivation
Kolokacji: 5
(29) case, way, nature, form, manner, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(30) study, student, subject, scholar, scholarship, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(31) interest, pursuit, hobby, hobbyist, birder
Kolokacji: 5
(32) situation, relationship, point, resistance, level, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(33) man, woman, boyfriend, girlfriend, guy, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(34) interaction, action, activity, decision, misjudgment, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(35) obstacle, impediment, barrier, hurdle, hindrance, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(36) disorder, ailment, complaint, arrhythmia, sunburn
Kolokacji: 5
(37) money, change, cash
Kolokacji: 3
(38) shortage, deficiency, deficit, shortfall, inadequacy
Kolokacji: 5
(39) decline, side, escalation, reduction, fall, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(40) music, theme, voice, piece, musician, ...
Kolokacji: 13
(41) conflict, fighting, fight, engagement, battle, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(42) reservation, commitment, proposal, topic, message, ...
Kolokacji: 13
(43) drama, writer, Burns, journalism, journalist, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(44) stuff, downturn, pollution, degradation, contamination, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(45) artist, art, literature, tension, photographer, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(46) repercussion, malfunction, relapse, backlash
Kolokacji: 4
(47) player, actor, actress
Kolokacji: 3
(48) need, lack, toll, cost
Kolokacji: 4
(49) investigation, research, inquiry, examination, scrutiny, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(50) film, newspaper, movie, episode
Kolokacji: 4
(51) step, measure, factor, division, amount, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(52) disagreement, discrepancy, inconsistency
Kolokacji: 3
(53) violence, disruption, disturbance, unrest, riot, ...
Kolokacji: 9
(54) book, novel, novelist
Kolokacji: 3
1. serious book = poważna książka serious book
2. serious novel = poważna powieść serious novel
  • It's as if no Western woman has ever tried writing a serious novel in 400 years.
  • I left feeling pleased, but soon realized six months was hardly enough time to conceive, let alone write and sell, a serious novel.
  • That serious novel is full of sly fun and erudition.
  • He finished his first serious novel when he was 22.
  • Of the 14 books she has written since, several are serious novels for young adults.
  • Nevertheless, this is a serious novel, written in a strong and lyrical voice.
  • "A serious novel" about family "written in a strong and lyrical voice."
  • I have no respect whatsoever for what is called the serious novel of the postwar era.
  • "One editor told a friend of mine that I should change my name because I've come to be associated with serious novels."
  • Also, among serious modern Japanese novels, it is notable for its length.
3. serious novelist = poważny powieściopisarz serious novelist
(55) criticism, reader, review, critic, critique
Kolokacji: 5
(56) abuse, cut, affront, laceration
Kolokacji: 4
(57) one, misunderstanding, misconception
Kolokacji: 3
(58) eye, casualty, heart, repair, firepower
Kolokacji: 5
(59) misconduct, irregularity, wrongdoing, sin, transgression, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(60) crash, clash, hit, collision
Kolokacji: 4
(61) reform, cause, campaign, attitude, movement, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(62) flooding, flood
Kolokacji: 2
(63) time, moment, heartbeat, reading, instance
Kolokacji: 5
(64) pest, infestation
Kolokacji: 2
(65) limitation, constraint, restriction, crackdown
Kolokacji: 4
(66) fiction, contradiction
Kolokacji: 2
(67) possibility, alternative, option, potential
Kolokacji: 4
(68) reason, provocation
Kolokacji: 2
(69) defeat, failure, disappointment
Kolokacji: 3
(70) fun, comedy
Kolokacji: 2
(71) punishment, penalty, responsibility, sanction, compromise
Kolokacji: 5
(72) operation, surgery, drain
Kolokacji: 3
(73) drinking, drinker, wine
Kolokacji: 3
(74) analysis, breakdown
Kolokacji: 2
(75) story, biography, history, manifestation
Kolokacji: 4
(76) demeanor, mien, impropriety
Kolokacji: 3
(77) disrepair, deterioration, erosion
Kolokacji: 3
(78) bout, cyclist, contest
Kolokacji: 3
(79) pressure, crush, push
Kolokacji: 3
(80) inroads, foray, incursion
Kolokacji: 3
(81) gap, delay, slowdown
Kolokacji: 3
(82) buyer, shopper, shopping
Kolokacji: 3
(83) debt, liability, allergy
Kolokacji: 3
(84) reflection, contemplation, soul-searching, introspection
Kolokacji: 4
(85) news, reporting, coverage
Kolokacji: 3
(86) opera, theater, restaurant
Kolokacji: 3
(87) gardener, Cook, fisherman
Kolokacji: 3
(88) concussion, mishap, derailment
Kolokacji: 3
(89) hardship, distress, ambition
Kolokacji: 3
(90) emergency, racer
Kolokacji: 2
(91) investment, investor, businessman
Kolokacji: 3
(92) sign, alarm, scare
Kolokacji: 3
(93) career, progress, headway
Kolokacji: 3
(94) imbalance, instability
Kolokacji: 2
(95) leak, shit
Kolokacji: 2
(96) claim, call
Kolokacji: 2
(97) addiction, drug, weed
Kolokacji: 3
(98) eater, eating, fare, food
Kolokacji: 4
(99) dilemma, distraction, disarray
Kolokacji: 3
(100) nonfiction, article
Kolokacji: 2
(101) concession, policy
Kolokacji: 2
(102) hiker, hiking
Kolokacji: 2
(103) suitor, enthusiast
Kolokacji: 2
(104) bottleneck, strait
Kolokacji: 2
(105) reconsideration, rethink
Kolokacji: 2
(106) audiophile
Kolokacji: 1
verbo + serious
Kolokacji: 11
grow serious • turn serious • look serious • become serious • sound serious • consider serious • ...
adverbio + serious
Kolokacji: 36
most serious • potentially serious • extremely serious • pretty serious • far more serious • ...
serious + preposición
Kolokacji: 8
serious about • serious for • serious in • serious of • serious to • ...

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