"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 1

Kolokacji: 9

1. openly defy = otwarcie przeciwstaw się openly defy

2. repeatedly defied = ciągle przeciwstawić się repeatedly defied

3. successfully defy = z powodzeniem przeciwstaw się successfully defy

4. simply defy = po prostu przeciwstaw się simply defy

5. consistently defied = konsekwentnie przeciwstawić się consistently defied

6. somehow defy = jakoś przeciwstaw się somehow defy

7. publicly defy = publicznie przeciwstaw się publicly defy

8. seemingly defy = pozornie przeciwstaw się seemingly defy

This Dutch-designed behemoth, with its open centre, seemingly defies gravity.
That exchange with the audience was charming, as were the performers' matter-of-fact trots off stage after seemingly defying death.
Not least, the international crises - rooted in centuries of ethnic, racial and religious bloodletting - seemingly defy solution.
Seemingly defying the laws of physics, Edward saves her life when he instantaneously appears next to her and stops the van with his bare hands.
A wall of water reached from the floor to the ceiling, seemingly defying all laws of nature.
An accomplished contact juggler can roll a ball across his body in smooth, gliding motions that seemingly defy gravity.
The 'origin' of the work of art is mysterious and elusive, seemingly defying logic: "thus we are compelled to follow the circle.
The dramatic, 450-foot-long central hall, capped by a barrel-vaulted glass ceiling and bathed in natural light, seemingly defies spacial boundaries.
Seemingly defying laws we on Earth have come to regard as immutable, they remain stationary, neither advancing nor retrogressing.
The sum of those parts is a status quo that pleases no one and that seemingly defies all efforts to change it.

9. deliberately defy = rozmyślnie przeciwstaw się deliberately defy

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