"defensive" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defensive adjetivo

defensive + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 222

defensive end • defensive coordinator • defensive player • defensive position • defensive line • defensive lineman • defensive back • ...

verbo + defensive

Kolokacji: 5

play defensive • sound defensive • feel defensive • become defensive • grow defensive

adverbio + defensive

Kolokacji: 13

purely defensive • somewhat defensive • strictly defensive • slightly defensive • essentially defensive • ...

defensive + preposición

Kolokacji: 3

defensive about • defensive in • defensive of

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 1

(1) about, in, of

Kolokacji: 3

1. defensive about = obronny około defensive about

2. defensive in = obronny w defensive in

3. defensive of = obronny z defensive of

Adults are very defensive of nesting area and will even attack humans who come too close.
One is defensive - on the issue of security.
I felt quite defensive of her after that.
The problem with a strategic-defense system was simply that no weapon had ever been "offensive" or "defensive" in and of itself.
Like all white terns, it is fiercely defensive of its nest and young.
It would be defensive and unsure of itself.
However, males are more defensive of their nests than females.
As a result, they are also fiercely defensive of Paterno.
We know Sony is unusually defensive of their products.
Yet he is not merely defensive of the dons.

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