"tension" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tension sustantivo

sustantivo + tension

Kolokacji: 16

surface tension • muscle tension • trade tension • string tension • war tension • ...

tension + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 8

tension headache • tension level • tension building • tensions surface • tension wire • ...

tension + verbo

Kolokacji: 92

tension rises • tension grows • tension increases • tension mounts • tension eases • tension begins • tension arises • tension leads • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 23

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 14

(1) rise, grow, arise, run, come, ...

Kolokacji: 15

(2) increase, mount, escalate, flare, intensify, ...

Kolokacji: 6

1. tension increases = wzrosty napięcia tension increases

Tension increases

2. tension mounts = napięcie narasta tension mounts

Tension mounts, tension mounting

3. tension escalates = napięcie nasila się tension escalates

Tension escalates

4. tension flares = błyski napięcia tension flares

Tension flares

5. tension intensifies = napięcie nasila się tension intensifies

Tension intensifies

6. tension heightens = napięcie zwiększa się tension heightens

Tension heightens

In recent years, tension has heightened around the anniversary date each year.
The tension was heightening very fast; it must go no higher.
"Why heighten tensions if you got no rationale for it?"
Tension between central and local government heightened in the final years of the Soviet Union's existence.
Tension heightens between the two nations as a result.
As a result the drama is compressed, the tension heightened with the ticking clock.
Maybe tension had heightened his normal perceptions; maybe he was imagining things.
Tension between the couple heightens by a mysterious room in the shed, which Fernando keeps closed from his family.
The tension heightened as we crossed the border.
The book's tensions heighten as it moves inevitably toward revelation and finger-pointing.

(3) ease, reach, culminate, peak

Kolokacji: 4

(4) begin, continue, remain, seem, persist, ...

Kolokacji: 12

(5) lead, build, make, cause, leave, ...

Kolokacji: 14

(6) exist, threaten, dissipate

Kolokacji: 3

(7) drain, spill, seep

Kolokacji: 3

(8) surround, ebb

Kolokacji: 2

(9) relax, subside, lessen, evaporate, abate, ...

Kolokacji: 11

(10) surface, resurface, emanate, soar

Kolokacji: 4

(11) fill, boil, crackle, simmer, contribute, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(12) flow, hang, snap, tear, pull

Kolokacji: 5

(13) show, manifest, reflect

Kolokacji: 3

(14) coil, knot

Kolokacji: 2

verbo + tension

Kolokacji: 50

create tension • ease tensions • cause tension • reduce tensions • increase tensions • stir tensions • raise tensions • build tension • ...

adjetivo + tension

Kolokacji: 136

racial tension • political tension • ethnic tension • social tension • sexual tension • fresh tension • high tension • dramatic tension • ...

preposición + tension

Kolokacji: 17

under tension • of tension • with tension • in tension • to tensions • ...

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