"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
  • It was therefore decided to move to an easily defended position of which they knew.
  • So, yes, it probably is the best and most easily defended place from which to protect their families.
  • It was built on the top of a hill to be easily defended.
  • In time of war, they are easily defended and difficult to burn down.
  • It must be on the river, in a position easily defended, with timber available and a spring if possible.
  • And yet he did this on an island, more easily defended from attack than the shore itself.
  • Though the camp could have been easily defended for quite some time, a rebellion broke out.
  • Easily defended, too, what with the rocks making a natural wall on one side.
  • Of all the places Schofield had seen so far, this area was the most easily defended.
  • Columbia easily defended its team title, finishing with 45 points.
5. angrily defend = gniewnie obroń angrily defend
(10) initially, primarily
Kolokacji: 2
(12) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2

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