protect
Meaning of protect
verb
- keep safe from harm or injury.
he tried to protect Kelly from the attack
use a sunscreen that protects against both UVA and UVB
late Middle English: from Latin protect- ‘covered in front’, from the verb protegere, from pro- ‘in front’ + tegere ‘to cover’.
Information about protect
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of protect is: protects.
- Languages in which protect is used:
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Hyphenation of protect
pro-tect
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- protect is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
protect synonyms
Meaning keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger:
Meaning protect from harm or damage with an appropriate measure:
Meaning enclose or screen (a piece of machinery) to protect the user:
Meaning maintain (something) in its original or existing state:
Meaning resist an attack made on (someone or something); protect from harm or danger:
Meaning soften the effect of an impact on:
Meaning protect or shield from something harmful, especially bad weather:
Meaning conceal, protect, or shelter (someone or something) with a screen or something forming a screen:
Meaning fix or attach (something) firmly so that it cannot be moved or lost:
Meaning provide (a place) with defensive works as protection against attack:
Meaning watch over in order to protect or control:
Meaning regularly or frequently behave in a particular way or have a certain characteristic:
Meaning have or retain possession of:
Meaning take care of temporarily:
Meaning shelter or hide (a criminal or wanted person):
Meaning provide space for; contain or accommodate:
Meaning protect oneself against loss on (a bet or investment) by making balancing or compensating transactions:
Meaning treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease; vaccinate:
Meaning protect (someone or something) from unpleasant influences or experiences:
protect antonyms
Meaning make (something) visible by uncovering it:
Meaning fail to care for properly:
Meaning take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force:
Meaning physically injure:
Translation of protect
- Spanish: proteger, defender, vigilar
- German: schützen, beschützen, beschirmen, behüten, verteidigen
- Portuguese: proteger, defender
- French: protéger, sauveguarder
- Italian: difendere, proteggere, salvaguardare
Words that rhyme with protect
obtect, octect, detect, predetect, redetect, archarchitect, architect, nonarchitect, protoarchitect, rchitect, subarchitect, contect, deprotect, overprotect, reprotect, unprotect, nephroureterocystect, AcuTect
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