"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
3. defy analysis = bądź wbrew analizie defy analysis
4. defy reason = być wbrew rozumowi, działać wbrew rozumowi defy reason
5. defy definition = zignoruj definicję defy definition
6. defy solution = przecz rozwiązaniu defy solution
7. defy understanding = przecz rozumieniu defy understanding
8. defy resolution = zignoruj uchwałę defy resolution
  • Less prominent conflicts also defied resolution.
  • Yet the issues the Court has identified for briefing defy easy resolution.
  • An International Issue But until now, the Tijuana River sewage problem defied resolution.
  • But the poison-gas issue defied resolution on this visit, in which access to local Kurds was limited.
  • He was an enigma that defied resolution.
  • Différends defy resolution, but the just approach is to respect each side's competing claims.
  • As experience under the free trade agreement attests, the question of subsidies defies easy resolution.
  • However, the complexities of the issues are such that they are likely to defy resolution by a single judgment.
  • Tom's eyes strained to resolve this paradox, even though he knew that all miracles defied resolution.
  • While many physical paradoxes have accepted resolutions, others defy resolution and may indicate flaws in theory.
9. defy interpretation = zignoruj interpretację defy interpretation
10. defy summary = zignoruj streszczenie defy summary
(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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