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Defecting | Defects | Defect | Defected

Defecting meaning

present participle and gerund of defect

Using Defecting

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of defect
  • In the example corpus, defecting often appears in combinations such as: defecting to, defecting from, of defecting.

Context around Defecting

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

mutineers 1× case 1× denied 1× athletes 1× 320 1× considered 1× labrook 1× members 1×

Often after:

strategies 2× means 1× members 1× sudanese 1× supporters 1× saying 1× russian 1×

Sentence patterns with Defecting

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

about 20 defecting members continues 1× against other defecting strategies 1× area after defecting from fianna 1× clones are defecting as the 1× in denied defecting to the 1× iranian athletes defecting to other 1× karl labrook defecting with many 1× nationalist mutineers defecting from nanchang 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a group of 1× chang and halliday 1× cooperating strategies always 1× in another report 1× in this case 1× inspired by the 1×

Common sentence endings:

bad batch did 1× champion kimia alizadeh 1× combatting terrorist organisations 1× defecting or not 1× defecting to reform 1× from the crowd 1×

Words around Defecting

Just before it in the word index:

defected 199 defect 355 defecation 65 defecating 35 defecates 3 defecated 21

Just after it in the word index:

defection 235 defections 88 defective 240 defectively 2 defectiveness 1 defector 60

Similar in corpus frequency:

abatement 88 abductions 88 absurdly 88 aggressiveness 88 angler 88 asl 88

Corpus analysis for Defecting

  • In this selection, "defecting" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, mutineers, case, denied, strategies, means and members stand out and add context to how "defecting" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include about 20 defecting members continues and against other defecting strategies. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "defecting" sits close to words such as abatement, abductions and absurdly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with defecting

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Have you considered defecting before? (5 words)

It is not a question of defecting or not. (9 words)

Throughout Season 2, other Clones are defecting as the Bad Batch did. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

William O’Leary, who topped the poll in the Fermoy area after defecting from Fianna Fáil earlier in the year, and Ben Dalton-O’Sullivan, who came second to McGrath in the Carrigaline area, could also make a bid to be on their negotiating team. (45 words)

Chang and Halliday claim that the uprising was in fact sabotaged by Mao to allow him to snare a force of Nationalist mutineers defecting from Nanchang to the CPC and prevent them from defecting to any other CPC leader. (39 words)

Later on Saturday, the armed forces sought to dispel what it said were lies in reference to reports about its forces retreating or defecting, saying the general command was carrying out its duties in “combatting terrorist organisations”. (37 words)

Question examples

Have you considered defecting before? (5 words)

Example sentences (20)

Chang and Halliday claim that the uprising was in fact sabotaged by Mao to allow him to snare a force of Nationalist mutineers defecting from Nanchang to the CPC and prevent them from defecting to any other CPC leader.

Cooperating strategies always cooperate with other cooperating strategies, and defecting strategies always defect against other defecting strategies.

In this case, defecting means relapsing, and it is easy to see that not defecting both today and in the future is by far the best outcome.

A group of about 20 defecting members continues to vote against McCarthy, switching back and forth between alternatives and giving angry speeches about "the swamp" and McCarthy's character flaws.

In another report, Bashir Ishaq Bashir, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in denied defecting to the APC.

Inspired by the grittiness of paranoid thrillers from the 1970s, “Tatami” was sparked into existence by real-life cases of Iranian athletes defecting to other countries, from boxer Sadaf Khadem to Taekwondo champion Kimia Alizadeh.

It later announced that it had received more than 320 defecting Sudanese military soldiers who fled the violence inside its territory.

It set tongues wagging online, with many golf fans desperate to know who is defecting to play in the Saudi-funded golf tour.

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MPs of every stripe were defecting to the buoyed by our defence of European collaboration.

The defecting supporters removed their symbolic Kwankwasiyya red caps and threw them over to the campaign podium amid thunderous ovations from the crowd.

The feud split the members of the Rivers Assembly with 27 of them defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Throughout Season 2, other Clones are defecting as the Bad Batch did.

Have you considered defecting before?

It is not a question of defecting or not.

Later on Saturday, the armed forces sought to dispel what it said were lies in reference to reports about its forces retreating or defecting, saying the general command was carrying out its duties in “combatting terrorist organisations”.

The defecting Russian military helicopter pilot gunned down in last week may have been tracked down due to his debauched lifestyle, reports claim.

The gang, once WA’s biggest, was reduced to a few die-hards serving time in jail, with figurehead Karl Labrook defecting with many others to the Comanchero club.

The two former Liberals have been ensuring confidence and supply after defecting in May last year around transparency concerns over a proposed AFL stadium and the Marinus underwater power cable.

We are already seeing a flight of thousands of members defecting to Reform.

William O’Leary, who topped the poll in the Fermoy area after defecting from Fianna Fáil earlier in the year, and Ben Dalton-O’Sullivan, who came second to McGrath in the Carrigaline area, could also make a bid to be on their negotiating team.

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Common combinations with defecting

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "defecting" in a sentence?
An example: "Chang and Halliday claim that the uprising was in fact sabotaged by Mao to allow him to snare a force of Nationalist mutineers defecting from Nanchang to the CPC and prevent them from defecting to any other CPC leader." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "defecting" from authentic English texts.
What does "defecting" mean?
Defecting means: present participle and gerund of defect
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