"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

"Lots of things about this market seem to defy rational thinking," she said.
"The very existence of this planet seems to defy all the odds."
The cost of school construction itself seems to defy all logic.
The problems which face mankind often seem to defy solution.
Richard was right in that it all seemed to defy logic.
He managed to get them off without difficulty, but the last one seemed to defy all his effort.
But there are insidious new problems that would seem to defy the efforts of such groups.
His burning gaze seemed to defy anyone to speak out.
Often, the tax laws do not behave the way we expect and, sometimes, they even seem to defy common sense.
This one seemed to defy even his powers of solution.

2. mean defying = oznaczaj przeciwstawianie się mean defying

(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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