"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 • ...
verbo + defend
Kolokacji: 39
help defend • die defending • prepared to defend • attempt to defend • try to defend • forced to defend • continue to defend • ...
(3) continue, need, want
Kolokacji: 5
1. continue to defend = kontynuuj obronienie continue to defend
2. need to defend = potrzebuj obronić need to defend
3. want to defend = chciej obronić want to defend
4. want defend = chcieć bronić want defend
5. continue defending = kontynuuj bronienie continue defending
  • Supporters continued defending the theory after Hines' review of 134 studies, causing other scientists to consider the field as pseudoscience:
  • In a soliloquy, Frank continues defending melancholy, listing the causes, including "Tilly-a main cause."
  • "I am determined to continue defending the Argentine currency and monetary system," he said.
  • Due to a misunderstanding, the soldiers did not leave the outpost and continued defending its openings from within.
  • The UN called on Britain to continue defending the new nation of Belize.
  • Carmichael clucks his tongue irritably, and continues defending his team.
  • The Reagan administration announced its intention to continue defending the free flow of Middle East oil, by whatever means necessary.
  • That doctors' reports concluded he was unfit to continue defending himself, so the court probably would assign a lawyer to assist him in court.
  • Jones was clearly unharmed and able to continue defending himself but the referee declared a TKO.
  • The present services directive is an act of justice, and I would call on the Commissioner to continue defending it.
(4) say, state, point, intend
Kolokacji: 4
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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