"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(1) seem, mean

Kolokacji: 2

1. seem to defy = wydawaj się przeciwstawić się seem to defy

2. mean defying = oznaczaj przeciwstawianie się mean defying

I realize she wants to clear herself for me, but that means defying Tynan.
Governing New York sometimes means defying one's faith.
And he asks her, mysteriously, whether she would still be his friend even if it meant defying society.
As a Jew, that came naturally, even though it meant defying his isolationist Hearst bosses.
Even supporters of the bill say they expect to get fewer Republican votes this year, in part because a vote for the measure means defying a Republican president.
It would mean defying their own leader, Speaker Peter F. Vallone, who wants to see nothing that might make him look bad in his race for mayor.
I found myself silently begging Captain Kirk not to go, to stay here even if it meant defying orders directly.
Some Lucidian clerics believed that resisting the Hu'n-tai At meant defying die Will of God.
Desai asked, "Even if it meant defying Starfleet regulations?"
On my world, exploration meant defying the Caretaker just to walk on the surface.

(2) continue, dare, begin

Kolokacji: 4

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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