"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
  • Tensions reach a boiling point during the first game of the season.
  • The tension finally reached the point that he had to urinate.
  • Suddenly, the high tension of this strange relationship reaches its breaking point.
  • The tensions reached a peak late last month after a white police officer was killed on a downtown street by a homeless black man.
  • Tension among the groups reached its peak in the 1990s with a large number of people injured during open clashes.
  • The tension reached a climax in these superb performances because nothing, not something, happened.
  • The tensions reached a peak last August when an arson fire destroyed the high school.
  • Then Jessamy made a desperate attempt to put an end to this before the tension between them reached an even more dangerous level.
  • The humiliated fanatics lost tremendous face, and so tensions have reached an even higher level than before.
  • But the tension reached a new level about a year ago when the judges began demanding that they have the sole right to monitor elections.
4. Tension peaks = Szczyty napięcia Tension peaks
(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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