"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 • ...

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 • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 1

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 1

(1) openly, repeatedly, successfully, simply, consistently, ...

Kolokacji: 9

1. openly defy = otwarcie przeciwstaw się openly defy

openly defied

2. repeatedly defied = ciągle przeciwstawić się repeatedly defied

repeatedly defy

3. successfully defy = z powodzeniem przeciwstaw się successfully defy

successfully defied

4. simply defy = po prostu przeciwstaw się simply defy

5. consistently defied = konsekwentnie przeciwstawić się consistently defied

Mr. Hun Sen, Western diplomats say, has consistently defied international attempts at mediation and given few indications that he will allow free and fair elections.
Like President Obama has said, according to USA Today, Souter has "consistently defied labels and rejected absolutes."
The fashion house has consistently defied gloom-mongers during the consumer downturn, proving that as much as any consumer company can be immune from the global economic woes, it is.
Since then, though, Padre Island has consistently defied all-or-nothing arguments about land use, whether from outraged environmentalists or hard-line advocates of energy exploration.
There is a continuum at work, a comedy continuum that has consistently defied the sell-by date that eventually undoes even the hugest television hits.
But General Dostum has consistently defied expectations.
From the outset, Ms. O'Connor has consistently defied the operative stereotypes: she shaved her hair, displayed open contempt for media and public-relations people, and took unpopular political stances.
Such giving "is a well-embedded tradition" that has consistently defied fluctuations in the economy and the stock market, said Priscilla Lewis, a spokeswoman for the nonprofit council.
Last month he invited editors and reporters from anti-apartheid publications that have consistently defied the press laws to his Soweto home.
Opera has consistently defied expectations about what a browser (and browser company) can accomplish.

6. somehow defy = jakoś przeciwstaw się somehow defy

7. publicly defy = publicznie przeciwstaw się publicly defy

8. seemingly defy = pozornie przeciwstaw się seemingly defy

9. deliberately defy = rozmyślnie przeciwstaw się deliberately defy

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