"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
2. vehemently defend = gwałtownie obroń vehemently defend
  • In the Minnesota system, 87 percent of university faculty were either tenured or on the tenure track, and the professors vehemently defended themselves.
  • Simpson has always vehemently defended Yates, saying he would have done it himself had the roles been reversed.
  • After the winding up, Desai vehemently defended his action in Parliament.
  • Yet Archie then goes on to vehemently defend his father, who he claims loved him and taught him "right from wrong."
  • But he vehemently defended the proposal and said it would not be withdrawn.
  • "Our people are not theoreticians," admits Dorsen, even while vehemently defending the competence of the organization.
  • His followers vehemently defend both ventures as essential to Israel's security.
  • As politicians, we must defend that right vehemently in future.
  • He vehemently defended Armenian interests and rights inside the council and at all levels of the government.
  • The Society vehemently defended the decision more than 25 years before women were admitted to the University proper.
3. ferociously defend = gwałtownie bronić ferociously defend
(10) initially, primarily
Kolokacji: 2
(12) merely, simply
Kolokacji: 2

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