protection

protection
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ adequate, effective, good, great
▪ added, additional, extra
▪ special
▪ complete, full, maximum
▪ basic
▪ constitutional, legal
▪ police
▪

Witnesses at the trial were given police protection.

▪ animal, child, consumer, data, environmental, personal, privacy, wilderness (AmE), wildlife, witness
▪

She carries a gun in her bag for personal protection.

▪

a witness-protection scheme (BrE)

▪

a witness-protection program (AmE)

▪

Animal protection supporters gathered to protest against hunting.

▪ fire, flood
▪

Fire-protection equipment must be available on all floors.

▪ sun, UV
▪

sun-protection products

▪ bankruptcy
▪ copy, copyright, patent
▪ antivirus, password
… OF PROTECTION
▪ degree
▪

A helmet affords the rider some degree of protection against injury.

VERB + PROTECTION
▪ afford (sb), ensure (sb), give (sb), offer (sb), provide (sb with)
▪ need, require
▪ seek, want
▪ have
PREPOSITION
▪ under the protection of
▪

The site is under the protection of UNESCO.

▪

Many wild animals are now under the protection of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

▪ protection against
▪

Fill the cooling system with antifreeze as a protection against frost.

▪ protection for
▪

Governments must provide protection for their workers.

▪ protection from
▪

The wall gives the plants protection from the wind.

PHRASES
▪ a means of protection
▪

The skunk releases a pungent smell as a means of protection.

▪ for sb's own protection
▪

She was put into a psychiatric hospital for her own protection.


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  • protection — [ prɔtɛksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • v. 1200; bas lat. protectio 1 ♦ L action, le fait de protéger, de défendre qqn ou qqch. (contre un agresseur, un danger, etc.); le fait de se protéger ou d être protégé. ⇒ 1. aide, assistance, 1. défense, 1. garde, secours …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • protection — Protection. s. f. v. Action de proteger. La protection de Dieu. la protection du Ciel. Loüis XIII. a mis la France sous la protection particuliere de la Vierge. c est une puissante protection que la sienne. prendre la protection des opprimez.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Protection — (etwas spezieller auch Protection Switching) bezeichnet in Kommunikationsnetzen die Möglichkeit, im Fehlerfall automatisch auf redundant vorgehaltene Ressourcen umzuschalten. Den im Regelfall benutzten Kommunikationsweg (Leitung, Verbindung)… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Protection — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Protection Álbum de Massive Attack Publicación 26 de septiembre de 1994 Grabación …   Wikipedia Español

  • Protection — Студийный альбом Massive Attack Дата выпуска 26 сентября, 1994 Жанр …   Википедия

  • Protection — Pro*tec tion, n. [L. protectio: cf. F. protection.] 1. The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection. [1913 Webster] To your protection I… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • protection — Protection, f. acut. Emparement, Defense, Tutela, Il vient de Protegere. Demeurer en la protection et sauvegarde du peuple Romain, In fide populi Romani manere. N estre sous l obeissance et protection de personne, In nullius fide esse. Recevoir… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • protection — pro·tec·tion n 1: the act of protecting: the state of being protected entitled to constitutional protection 2 a: one that protects b: supervision or support of one having less power protection of endangered species 3: the freeing of the producers …   Law dictionary

  • Protection — Protection, KS U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 558 Housing Units (2000): 297 Land area (2000): 0.951816 sq. miles (2.465191 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.951816 sq. miles (2.465191 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Protection, KS — U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 558 Housing Units (2000): 297 Land area (2000): 0.951816 sq. miles (2.465191 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.951816 sq. miles (2.465191 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • protection — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. protection (12c.), from L. protectionem a covering over, from protectus, pp. of protegere protect, cover in front, from pro in front + tegere to cover (see STEGOSAURUS (Cf. stegosaurus)). The O.E. word for protect was… …   Etymology dictionary

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