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Participle Past Verb Defies Defied Sth  /Dɪˈfaɪ   Transitive

Level C1 
Kind verb
Front defy 
IPA  /dɪˈfaɪ   / verb [transitive] (present participle defying; 3rd person singular defies; past tense, past participle defied)
Back karşı gelmek
imkansızlaştırmak
Back 2

defy (verb)

 /dɪˈfaɪ   / verb [transitive] (present participle defying; 3rd person singular defies; past tense, past participle defied)
 
 1 to refuse to obey sb/sth
karşı gelmek
 She defied her parents and continued seeing Brendan.
 adjective defiant, noun defiance
 2 to make sth impossible or very difficult
imkânsızlaştırmak
 It's such a beautiful place that it defies description.
IDIOM
defy sb to do sth
to ask sb to do sth that you believe to be impossible
meydan okumak
 I defy you to prove me wrong.
 

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