"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
(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
1. defensive call = obronna rozmowa telefoniczna defensive call
2. defensive reason = obronny powód defensive reason
  • Are you putting your headquarters underground for defensive reasons?
  • Despite such assertions, the companies are acting mostly for defensive reasons.
  • And some banking analysts say that more banks will join in, if only for defensive reasons.
  • You want to own these stocks not just for defensive reasons, but as assets that can grow and appreciate as well.
  • Finland started cooperation for its own defensive reasons, not because both peoples speak Finnic languages.
  • Other plant fascicles are adaptations to achieve greater compactness for defensive reasons.
  • A. Another sector we quite like for defensive reasons is the energy sector.
  • Gundry notes that at this time cities would frequently have been located on hills for defensive reasons.
  • Emergency directive to egress for defensive or survival reasons.
  • The larger limestone blocks are the only remains of an earlier structure probably built for the same defensive reason.
3. defensive option = obronna opcja defensive option
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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