PROTECT | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of protect in English protectverb uk /prəˈtekt/ us /prəˈtekt/ Add to word list Add to word list B1 [ I or T ] to keep someone or something safe from injury, damage, or loss: clothing that protects you against the cold It's important to protect your skin from the harmful effects of the sun. Surely the function of the law is to protect everyone's rights. Of course the company will act to protect its financial interests in the country if war begins. Patients' names have been changed to protect their privacy. Public pressure to protect the environment is strong and growing. Vitamin C may help protect against cancer. [ T ] If a government protects a part of its country's trade or industry, it helps it by taxing goods from other countries. [ T ] to provide someone with insurance against injury, damages, etc.

• She's always chasing cats out of the garden to protect her precious birds.
• This toothpaste has been clinically proven to protect your teeth.
• We're not doing enough to protect the environment from pollution.
• She packed the vase in tissue paper to protect it.
• The Red Cross's primary concern is to preserve and protect human life.

Defending and protecting

• air defence
• anti-bug
• anti-mosquito
• baby
• bandobast
• duck and cover idiom
• elbow
• elbows up idiom
• embedded
• featherbedding
• fight back phrasal verb
• inoculate
• mount
• protectiveness
• re-secure
• ring-fence
• rustproof
• safeguard
• sea defence
• smother

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protected (Definition of protect from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

protect | American Dictionary

protectverb [ T ] us /prəˈtekt/ Add to word list Add to word list to keep someone or something safe from injury, damage, or loss: He says he was protecting his home and family. A citizens’ group worked to protect forest areas. (Definition of protect from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

protect | Business English

protectverb uk /prəˈtekt/ us Add to word list Add to word list [ I or T ] to keep someone or something safe from injury, damage, or loss: protect sb/sth from sth They produce a self-adhesive plastic cover designed to protect CDs from scratches.protect sb/sth against sth The company has been ordered to take corrective action to protect consumers against high-pressure sales tactics.protect against sth The investment does not insure profits or protect against losses in a declining market.protect sb's interests/investments/rights The agreement obliges WTO Members to protect the rights, including copyrights and trademarks, of citizens of all other Members. This material is protected by copyright. [ T ]   ECONOMICS if a government protects part of its country's trade or industry, it helps it by taxing goods from other countries or limiting the amount of goods that can be imported: Import barriers protected the fledgling enterprises. a protected industry/market [ I or T ]   INSURANCE to provide someone with insurance against injury, damage, or loss: Workers should take out insurance, whether to cover themselves against a particular illness or to protect their income.protect against sth Life annuities protect against the risk of people outliving their savings. (Definition of protect from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of protect

protect A critic of the data protection regime might note that the legislation protects debtors with more force than it does creditors. From the Cambridge English Corpus The precursor to having one's integrity protected (embodied by the requirement of one's consent) is the capacity to exercise will, make choices, and communicate desires. From the Cambridge English Corpus A clause protected with a guard matches only if both the pattern and the guard are satisfied. From the Cambridge English Corpus Being "fair" was feasible for such owners if the universal enforcement of the union contract protected them from non-union competition. From the Cambridge English Corpus Thus, it is important that explicit processes be developed to allow confidential data to be used, while protecting its confidentiality. From the Cambridge English Corpus There is an increasing need for assessments of the status of monkey populations both within and outside protected areas. From the Cambridge English Corpus Actual choices are relevant not to the idea of the right but rather to its direction of exercise with respect to the protected domain. From the Cambridge English Corpus The users of the water invested the communal power with the duty of protecting them against usurpers' efforts to divert the water. From the Cambridge English Corpus In summary, we have demonstrated that brimonidine is effective in protecting against ischemic retinal injury and in preserving retinal function. From the Cambridge English Corpus Thirty-nine young colonies (32 unprotected and seven protected) were monitored for survival at six sites. From the Cambridge English Corpus Transmission from these chronic phase rabbits recruits susceptibles into the chronic phase, protecting them from acute infection. From the Cambridge English Corpus Indeed, protected by the colonial settlement, their effective powers over their own subjects often increased, as did their possibilities of accumulating wealth. From the Cambridge English Corpus Now, the protective nature of duties does not prevent them from being comparative: the harm protected against may be essentially comparative. From the Cambridge English Corpus Reproductive privacy can be protected while having a generally effective policy that prohibits cloning except in cases of infertility. From the Cambridge English Corpus Removing the need for a single global price protects the interests of the most vulnerable populations. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of protect These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of protect?

Translations of protect

in Chinese (Traditional) 保護，防護, 對…實行貿易保護, 為（某人）提供保險… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 保护，防护, 对…实行贸易保护, 为（某人）提供保险… See more in Spanish proteger, amparar… See more in Portuguese proteger… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian रक्षण करणे… See more ～を守る, 保護する, 保護（ほご）する… See more korumak, kol kanat germek, tehlikelerden uzak tutmak… See more protéger, protéger (de, contre)… See more protegir… See more beschermen… See more காயம், சேதம் அல்லது இழப்பிலிருந்து யாராவது அல்லது எதையாவது பாதுகாப்பாக வைத்திருக்க… See more (चोट, क्षति या नुक्सान से) सुरक्षित रखना… See more રક્ષણ કરવું… See more beskytte… See more skydda… See more melindungi… See more schützen… See more beskytte, verne, skjerme… See more حفاظت کرنا, بچانا, تحفظ کرنا… See more захищати, охороняти… See more ఎవరినైనా లేదా దేనినైనా గాయం, నష్టం లేదా నష్టం నుండి సురక్షితంగా ఉంచు… See more রক্ষা করা… See more chránit… See more melindungi… See more ป้องกัน… See more bảo vệ… See more chronić… See more 보호하다, 방어하다… See more proteggere… See more Need a translator?

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