"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 14
(3) ease, reach, culminate, peak
Kolokacji: 4
4. Tension peaks = Szczyty napięcia Tension peaks
  • Tension with the Roman Catholic Church, the major voice for societal change, peaked in the early 1980s with the expulsion of foreign priests involved in political and land reform issues.
  • Tensions peaked in early October 1989, as protests were growing and the specter of Tiananmen Square hung in the air.
  • Tensions between Reclamation and the district farmers peaked during the 1920s, until on January 2, 1927 the two sides settled their dispute with a new contract.
  • Tensions between the two governments peaked again during the October 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
  • Tensions this week peaked on Wednesday, when Governor Bush suddenly suggested he might send state agents to force the reinsertion of the feeding tube.
  • Tensions during the match peaked when South Korea closed the first half, leading by one point.
  • Tension peaking at one fifty - I repeat, one fifty percent.
  • Tensions with the police peaked in June 1966, when the construction worker Jan Weggelaar died during a demonstration.
  • Tensions peaked in 1997, when Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan threatened to join marchers to protest racial violence against the Irish.
  • Tensions peaked when Pizango responded to the government's threat to send in troops by stating that "Indigenous people are defending themselves against government aggression."
(6) exist, threaten, dissipate
Kolokacji: 3
(7) drain, spill, seep
Kolokacji: 3
(8) surround, ebb
Kolokacji: 2
(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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