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"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
1. defy categorization = oprzyj się kategoryzacji defy categorization
  • This show spans more than 60 years in the career of an American artist who defies easy categorization.
  • I loved seeing some of the quirky products that defy easy categorization.
  • He would be crazy to do anything else with a cast of characters like this, who defied categorization in every respect.
  • This album is considered a classic, yet defies easy categorization.
  • And then there were the art cars that defied categorization.
  • Some women may defy categorization or, should they choose to play this game, say they do.
  • Ms. Parks has been defying easy categorization all her professional life.
  • The simple assessment of the Giants' performance in the 2001 college draft is that it defied categorization.
  • The band defies categorization because they are not partial to any particular genre.
  • Anderson had 29 receptions, but this season, he defies categorization.
2. defy stereotypes = przecz stereotypom defy stereotypes
3. defy classification = przeciwstaw się kategorii defy classification
4. defy categories = przeciwstaw się kategoriom defy categories
(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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