"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
(3) strongly, weakly, robustly
Kolokacji: 3
(4) heavily, lightly
Kolokacji: 2
5. angrily defend = gniewnie obroń angrily defend
  • There is a pause during which she is admonished, apparently, for then she angrily defends herself.
  • They have, in each instance, aggressively and sometimes angrily defended their openness.
  • "I never did any piloting outside the System before," angrily defended the old Saturnian pirate.
  • Mr. Zyuganov angrily defended his party's move.
  • The Indians are depicted as a disillusioned people, angrily defending their homes.
  • A1 Clinton angrily defended his character and assailed the press.
  • The chairwoman angrily defended the expenses.
  • But one and all, they angrily defended their coverage of the corporate wars.
  • As she was being led in handcuffs to a court hearing on Tuesday, she angrily defended him.
  • The Liberal Democrats angrily defended the ad and filed a countersuit on Friday.
(10) initially, primarily
Kolokacji: 2
(12) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2

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