"defend" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defend verbo

defend + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 149
defend champion • defend one's title • defend one's decision • defend one's actions • defend one's position • defend one's interests • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 29
(2) title, championship, king
Kolokacji: 3
(9) honor, crown, medal
Kolokacji: 3
(11) thesis, dissertation
Kolokacji: 2
(12) approach, entrance
Kolokacji: 2
(16) view, coast
Kolokacji: 2
(17) reputation, name
Kolokacji: 2
(19) democracy, segregation
Kolokacji: 2
(20) ability, morality
Kolokacji: 2
1. ability to defend = umiejętność obronienia ability to defend
2. defend morality = obroń moralność defend morality
  • First, Zane Grey defends morality in characters like Jane.
  • "There is a lot of corruption in Brazil, and many things to be ashamed of, but we also have a Constitution that clearly spells out the functions and powers of a prosecutor, and those are to defend the democratic order and morality in administration."
  • Page 1 Boris Yeltsin defended his maturity and morality to an audience of students and guests in New York.
  • The real message is that Christians and others who defend traditional sexual morality are branded as unfit for public service.
  • Nunn also strongly defended the value and morality of nuclear weapons.
  • When Mr. Kristol defends such morality in pragmatic terms, he is often persuasive, and very wise.
  • They must defend morality "like offensive linemen protecting the quarterback."
  • Federalists opposed the French Revolution, defended traditional Christian morality, and supported a new "natural aristocracy" based on "property, education, family status, and sense of ethical responsibility."
  • He stressed the concept of the Klan as a fraternal society and brotherhood, organized for civic activism, to help the poor and defend morality.
  • It preserved the code of honour without pretending to defend the legality or morality of duelling.
(21) woman, husband, wife
Kolokacji: 3
(22) proposal, speech, comment
Kolokacji: 3
(23) chance, turf
Kolokacji: 2
(24) currency, others
Kolokacji: 2
(26) piracy, criminal, murderer
Kolokacji: 3
(27) father, mother, son
Kolokacji: 3
(28) titlist
Kolokacji: 1
(29) Stalin, capitalism, journalist
Kolokacji: 3
verbo + defend
Kolokacji: 39
help defend • die defending • prepared to defend • attempt to defend • try to defend • forced to defend • continue to defend • ...
defend + preposición
Kolokacji: 27
defend against • defend by • defend before • defend on • defend with • ...
defend + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 62
successfully defend • vigorously defend • strongly defend • heavily defended • defend well • ...

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