"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 • ...
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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 14
(1) successfully, unsuccessfully
Kolokacji: 2
(2) vigorously, strenuously
Kolokacji: 2
  • The Houston officials strenuously defend the district's record.
  • Richard White, 23, arrested in Newcastle in connection with the death of a dancer in Sydney, Australia will 'strenuously defend' extradition.
  • In 435 Theodosius II sent him into exile in Upper Egypt, where he lived on till 450, strenuously defending his orthodoxy.
  • I shall, of course, strenuously defend the action and, as I have no money to pay for a lawyer, will present my own defence.
  • We are here, however, to strenuously defend the requirements the Constitution poses on all of us before we would even consider the word "impeachment."
  • He also strenuously defended Aristotle's doctrine concerning the eternity of the world.
  • Previti strenuously defended his record, claiming the judges were politically motivated.
  • The males strenuously defend the borders of their territories.
  • But at a news conference later, Mr. Bratton strenuously defended his decision to eliminate civilian employees instead of police officers to meet his budget reduction target.
  • Individuals are continuously involved in skirmishes with other members of the species and the males strenuously defend the borders of their territories.
(3) strongly, weakly, robustly
Kolokacji: 3
(4) heavily, lightly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) initially, primarily
Kolokacji: 2
(12) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2

Click on the heading to expand the collocation groups, collocations and sample sentences.