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Zorluk: OrtaCollocations and Fixed Phrases

The managing director emphasized during the emergency briefing that safety protocols must _____ all other operational targets until the system audit is complete.

Which of the following options correctly completes the sentence to form a standard English fixed collocation?

  1. take precedence overCevap
  2. B
    give priority above
  3. C
    hold precedence on
  4. D
    make preference to

Cevap

The phrase 'take precedence over' correctly completes the sentence to mean that safety protocols take priority over all other considerations.
The idiomatic expression 'take precedence over' is a fixed collocation in English meaning to have higher priority or importance than another matter. The verb 'take', the noun 'precedence', and the preposition 'over' form the only standard combination for this context.

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1
Analyze the semantic context of the sentence
The context calls for an expression meaning 'to be more important than or have priority over' operational targets.
Understanding context determines the intended meaning of the required collocation.
2
Evaluate standard verb-noun-preposition collocations in English
The established idiom for having greater importance than another thing is 'take precedence over'.
English fixed phrases rely on specific, conventional pairings of verbs, nouns, and prepositions.

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Fixed Verb-Noun-Preposition Collocations
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Collocations and Fixed Phrases

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