protect
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- //pɹəˈtɛkt//
To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
verb
- 1
To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
to protect a child from danger
This antivirus package will protect your computer from hackers.
Condoms are designed to protect against sexually-transmitted diseases.
But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.
- 2
To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.
Etymology
Attested in English since 1530, from Latin prōtēctus (“covered, protected”), past participle of prōtegō, prōtegere (“to cover the front, protect”) from prō, prō- (“before, in front of”) + tegō, tegere (“to cover”), see tegument. Largely displaced native Middle English shelden, from Old English sċildan (“to protect,” literally “to shield”).
Forms
- past tense
- protected
- past participle
- protected
- present participle
- protecting
- third person singular
- protects
protect · To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
protected · defendedprotection · The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.protective · Serving or intended to protect.