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"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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 1
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 4
(1) purely, strictly
Kolokacji: 2
(2) somewhat, slightly, overly
Kolokacji: 3
(3) essentially, largely, forward, increasingly, primarily, ...
Kolokacji: 6
1. defensive forward = obronny do przodu defensive forward
2. largely defensive = wyraźnie obronny largely defensive
3. essentially defensive = zasadniczo obronny essentially defensive
4. increasingly defensive = coraz bardziej obronny increasingly defensive
5. primarily defensive = głównie obronny primarily defensive
  • The committee was initially focused on being primarily defensive, and then changed to being affirmative in nature.
  • Military investments, if conducted, were primarily defensive in nature.
  • These - known as studies - are not primarily defensive: they open from the rooms of the upper floor.
  • He became the first primarily defensive player to be awarded the Heisman trophy.
  • He was the first and is still the only primarily defensive player to win the prestigious award.
  • Centre-halves had always played defensively at times, but now their role was to become primarily defensive.
  • They are primarily defensive, but at more advanced levels can be interpreted as attacks.
  • A fighting style designed to be primarily defensive would be a new concept for them.
  • That is the essence of this style, a primarily defensive pose.
  • The bustle didn't seem primarily defensive, but Haakon knew the air of a place about to be attacked when he saw it.
6. wholly defensive = całkowicie obronny wholly defensive
(4) fiercely, extremely
Kolokacji: 2
defensive + preposición
Kolokacji: 3
defensive about • defensive in • defensive of

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