"threaten" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

threaten verbo

threaten + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 123
threaten action • threaten security • threaten one's life • threaten people • threaten the stability • threaten species • threaten violence • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 28
(2) security, stability, peace
Kolokacji: 3
(5) violence, force, consequence
Kolokacji: 3
(10) sanction, resignation, message
Kolokacji: 3
(12) ability, power, plan, vision
Kolokacji: 4
(13) safety, area
Kolokacji: 2
(14) suicide, layoff
Kolokacji: 2
(16) child, creator, son
Kolokacji: 3
(17) future, others
Kolokacji: 2
(19) rain, journalist, snow
Kolokacji: 3
(21) letter, civilization
Kolokacji: 2
(23) democracy, value
Kolokacji: 2
(24) wife, bird
Kolokacji: 2
(25) thousands, millions
Kolokacji: 2
(26) punishment, fines, penalty
Kolokacji: 3
(27) secession, withdrawal
Kolokacji: 2
(28) Microsoft
Kolokacji: 1
1. threaten Microsoft = zagroź Microsoft threaten Microsoft
  • In 1997, Spyglass threatened Microsoft with a contractual audit, in response to which Microsoft settled for US $8 million.
  • According to McGeady, NSP threatened Microsoft because it was software at operating system level, while Microsoft believed they "owned software to the metal," (i.e., to the hardware level).
  • While Linux has several million devotees around the world, it holds a minuscule share of the operating-system market, and Mr. Warren-Boulton fairly laughed at the proposition that it threatened Microsoft.
  • The last chapter chronicles how the PlayStation 2 threatened Microsoft with upcoming multimedia and personal computer appliances promised in the post-PC era.
  • Microsoft's past success in hurting such companies and stifling innovation deters investment in technologies and businesses that exhibit the potential to threaten Microsoft.
  • Can they threaten Microsoft with a refusal to license Windows?
  • Would a Facebook/Skype tie-in threaten Microsoft?
  • Netscape once threatened Microsoft with a software browser that promised to be an alternative to its overwhelmingly dominant computer operating system.
  • In 2012, the company threatened Microsoft with legal action for infringing on "Metro" trademarks held by Metro AG.
  • The European Commission threatened Microsoft last week with fines as high as 3 million euros ($3.9 million) a day for failing to comply with the order.
verbo + threaten
Kolokacji: 14
threaten after rejecting • begin threatening • keep threatening • continue to threaten • stop threatening • ...
threaten + preposición
Kolokacji: 24
threatened by • threaten with • threaten to • threaten against • threaten in • ...
threaten + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 52
seriously threaten • repeatedly threatened • once threaten • directly threaten • constantly threaten • ...

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