"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

1. defy authority = przeciwstaw się władzy defy authority

defy one's authority, defy authorities

You cannot defy our authority, said a small voice in the back of my head.
One of many shows this season about kids defying authority.
It was about defying a police officer's authority, he said.
When the going gets tough, both are willing to risk their careers to defy authority.
The person who goes against the group or defies authority is a rarity.
Within a month the patriots completely defied royal authority and set up their own government.
Whatever the case, the lingering image of a business defying authority has many residents on edge.
And if that means helping the local population to defy authority then that's what I had to do.
Brazilian officers have defied civil authority to press pay claims.
Those who defy my authority do so at their own peril.

2. defy comprehension = przecz zrozumieniu defy comprehension

3. defy comparison = oprzyj się porównaniu defy comparison

4. defy control = oprzyj się kontroli defy control

5. defy Hitler = przeciwstaw się Hitlerowi defy Hitler

(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

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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