noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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Inc.: mugs, postcards, engraved vases, vast red and black umbrellas , well, why not?
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Graham had his big black umbrella , but they didn't need it.
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He could not possibly take his black umbrella on a country walk.
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The green, blue and black umbrella was still strapped to the outside.
nuclear
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Each superpower's dominance over its associated allies rested on its ability to provide a nuclear umbrella .
■ NOUN
beach
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One snapshot shows the figures sheltered from the sun tourist-style, by a beach umbrella .
body
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The Orthodox institutions, in turn, were pressuring the umbrella bodies .
group
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About 130 professional and human-rights groups are folded into Concilio Cubano, a rickety umbrella group set up last year.
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La Raza is an umbrella group of almost 200 Hispanic advocacy groups.
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Inpeg, the Czech environmentalist umbrella group that organised the protests, refused to condemn Molotov cocktails being thrown at police.
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The umbrella group we'd formed in 1987 had fallen into abeyance, but the name still meant something.
organisation
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The individual group was seen as more important than the umbrella organisation .
term
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This is an umbrella term , used widely and well understood in an educational context.
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We use mime as an umbrella term for all the art forms.
■ VERB
carry
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He had been carrying his umbrella but it did little to protect him.
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He had on padded winter gloves, carried no umbrella , and he was wearing a hat.
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The toilet sign shows a lady with an A-line skirt carrying an umbrella and a handbag.
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I found one carrying an old umbrella and another a length of old rope! 14.40: Returned to classroom.
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She took to carrying her umbrella as if it were the sword of Joshua.
come
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She now came under the giant umbrella of the Royal Family and at last the palace was able to give her full protection.
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Bob came by, his umbrella dripping at the door.
hold
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I remember trying to hold the umbrella against the rain and the wind was gusting over 40 miles per hour.
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He had an attentive caddy who held the brilliantly segmented umbrella over him between shots.
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One drill involved holding an umbrella under his armpits while striking putts.
open
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Cosmo and Blanco had tried ridiculously to open an umbrella , but it instantly blew inside out.
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It seems to have stopped raining, but I open my umbrella anyway and head toward my car.
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They around here breaking mirrors, opening umbrellas in the house, and everything else.
put
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She had to put up her umbrella at once against the rain.
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The man put his umbrella down near the door, and took out a cigarette.
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When it rains, people put up umbrellas .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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These countries have prospered under the U.S. military umbrella .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He nodded at me, flustered with his usual shyness, and fidgeted with his umbrella and briefcase.
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It might be thought of as an umbrella question which is answered by answering a series of minor questions.
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La Raza is an umbrella group of almost 200 Hispanic advocacy groups.
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Railinfrabeheer which handles maintenance would also come under the department's umbrella , but both companies could be privately owned.
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Richard is walking down the street without an umbrella .
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She let her umbrella fall to the ground and, holding the flowers out of harm's way, embraced him.
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The mill produced countless products for Woolworths, such as umbrella and kitchen utensil handles, and broom heads.