defy

defy teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı: To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce; To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt
to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion.; A challenge; {n} a challenge, defiance, contempt; {v} to challenge, dare, oubrave, despite; {f} oppose, resist; challenge; If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way. This was the first time that I dared to defy my mother; resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"; elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"; If you defy someone to do something, you challenge them to do it when you think that they will be unable to do it or too frightened to do it. I defy you to come up with one major accomplishment of the current Prime Minister = dare; challenge; "I dare you!"; If something defies description or understanding, it is so strange, extreme, or surprising that it is almost impossible to understand or explain. It's a devastating and barbaric act that defies all comprehension; To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion; challenge; "I dare you!" resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held" elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation; elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation
defy curfew: disobey curfew, go out against orders
To defy: maugre
defied: past of defy
defies: plural of defy
defies: third person singular of defy
defying: present participle of defy

Türkçe - İngilizce

defy teriminin Türkçe İngilizce sözlükte anlamı
defi: (Kanun) refutation
defi: (Latin) exceptiones
defi: (Latin) exceptio

defy

Heceleme

de·fy

Türkçe nasıl söylenir

dîfay

Eş anlamlılar

baffle, beard, brave, confront, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, disregard, elude, face, flout, fly in face of, foil

Zıt anlamlılar

give in, obey, surrender, yield

Telaffuz

/dəˈfī/ /dɪˈfaɪ/

Etimoloji

[ di-'fI, dE- ] (transitive verb.) 14th century. From Old French desfier, from Vulgar Latin *disfidare (“renounce one's faith”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + fidus (“faithful”). Meaning shifted 14c. from "be disloyal" to "challenge."