"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 46
(3) player, MVP
Kolokacji: 2
1. defensive action = obronne działanie defensive action
2. defensive works = budowle obronne defensive works
5. defensive mechanism = obronny mechanizm defensive mechanism
6. defensive work = obronna praca defensive work
7. defensive behavior = obronne zachowanie defensive behavior
  • These defensive behaviors are meant to scare away threats, however, and not to sound an attack.
  • When disturbed, the workers may exhibit a defensive behavior known as defense waving.
  • However, we should not get conflict and defensive behaviour out of perspective.
  • Predatory or defensive behavior between members of different species is not normally considered as "aggression."
  • Predatory or defensive behavior between members of different species may not be considered aggression in the same sense.
  • The defensive behaviour of the other species is not yet studied in detail.
  • Strategy is another form of defensive behavior, which can be used when a person feels threatened.
  • Another form of defensive behavior in communication is superiority.
  • In other words, this defensive behavior is caused by both chemical and mechanical means.
  • But there certainly has been some defensive behavior, particularly on the part of those two who just left.
(15) coach, preparation, deployment
Kolokacji: 3
(17) perimeter, coverage, depth
Kolokacji: 3
(24) move, approach, driving
Kolokacji: 3
(26) front, presence
Kolokacji: 2
(28) formation, backfield
Kolokacji: 2
(31) starter, rookie
Kolokacji: 2
(35) barrier, stopper, barricade
Kolokacji: 3
(36) Smith, Williams
Kolokacji: 2
(38) ditch, trench, moat
Kolokacji: 3
(39) medicine, penalty
Kolokacji: 2
(41) record, signal, showing
Kolokacji: 3
(42) breakdown, victory, collapse
Kolokacji: 3
(43) problem, huddle
Kolokacji: 2
(45) standout, baseman
Kolokacji: 2
(46) call, reason, option
Kolokacji: 3
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

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