"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 • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 14

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 16

(1) order, law, ban, precedent

Kolokacji: 4

(2) gravity, death, physics, translation, boundary

Kolokacji: 5

(3) logic, sense

Kolokacji: 2

(4) expectation, belief, wisdom, credulity

Kolokacji: 4

(5) description, label, characterization

Kolokacji: 3

(6) authority, comprehension, comparison, Hitler, control

Kolokacji: 5

(7) convention, tradition, custom

Kolokacji: 3

(8) explanation, prediction, analysis, reason, definition, ...

Kolokacji: 10

(9) categorization, stereotype, classification, category

Kolokacji: 4

(10) odds, wish

Kolokacji: 2

(11) attempt, effort, pressure

Kolokacji: 3

(12) threat, warning

Kolokacji: 2

(13) father, fate, skeptic

Kolokacji: 3

(14) demand, call, identification

Kolokacji: 3

(15) time, history, age

Kolokacji: 3

(16) nature, reality, credibility, stigma, probability

Kolokacji: 5

1. defy nature = przecz naturze defy nature

But it defies common sense, human nature and experience.
Initial bravado - man defies nature - gives way to a broken man's weary fatalism.
You cannot defy human nature with laws of injustice.
We can defy nature only at our peril.
It is a description of people defying nature.
To accept not knowing what became of her favorite works would defy human nature.
"The lines defy geography, history, nature and reason for a single goal: getting an ethnically correct Council."
It clung to the cliff, one side facing the water, a limpet defying nature.
In a perverse logic that defies nature, a farm needs to get ever larger and more specialized to survive.
A policy focused on preventing human activity is one which defies human nature.

2. defy reality = igraj z rzeczywistością defy reality

3. defy the stigma = bądź wbrew piętnu defy the stigma

4. defy credibility = przeciwstaw się wiarygodności defy credibility

5. defy probability = przeciwstaw się prawdopodobieństwu defy probability

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 • ...

defy + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 9

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

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