"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 16
(1) order, law, ban, precedent
Kolokacji: 4
(3) logic, sense
Kolokacji: 2
1. defy description = bądź nie do opisania defy description
2. defy labels = bądź wbrew etykietom defy labels
  • Young Americans defy easy political labels.
  • The true private sector is very small, with the bulk of the economy falling in a hazy zone that defies easy labels.
  • The aim is frequently to make movies that defy conventional labels.
  • But as with most artists of talent, his work defies such labels.
  • It was a Supreme Court term that defied labels and made history.
  • Part grand opera, part Marx Brothers, he defies easy labels.
  • Mr. Veloso doesn't simply try on another culture's established styles; he defies labels from either side.
  • But Ms. Ayala defies labels; she is also dealing with spiritualism.
  • The neighborhood continues to defy geographic labels.
  • But the most memorable pictures defy easy labels.
3. defy characterization = zignoruj charakterystykę defy characterization
(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
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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