"defy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defy verbo

defy + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 61

defy orders • defy gravity • defy death • defy logic • defy expectations • defy the laws • defy description • defy authority • ...

verbo + defy

Kolokacji: 6

seem to defy • continue to defy • dare defy • continue defying • mean defying • ...

defy + preposición

Kolokacji: 8

defy in • defy on • defy with • defy by • defy from • ...

Kolokacji: 5

1. defy in = przeciwstawiać się w defy in

2. defy on = przeciwstawiać się na defy on

3. defy with = przeciwstawiać się z defy with

4. defy from = przeciwstawiać się z defy from

5. defy by = przeciwstawiać się przez defy by

Without a step-by-step demonstration, the procedure defies understanding by the lay mind.
But just 4.5 percent said he should defy a ruling by the court.
At one point the group of hostages defied an order by the guards to move to a different site yet another time.
Critical analysis defies indoctrination by the left or the right.
Yet here you are, with me still, defying the odds by existing.
His forward motion defies detection by the human eye.
Three of every four eligible voters turned out, defying boycott calls by Islamic militants.
However, the process defied control by even the most advanced computers.
It defies every expectation, by its designers or modern engineers.
Thousands of people in this country continue to defy the law by smoking marijuana.

Grup znaczeniowych: 1

defy + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 9

openly defy • repeatedly defied • successfully defy • simply defy • consistently defied • ...

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