PROTECT meaning: Shield from harm or danger

We found 37 dictionaries that define the word protect:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

protect: Merriam-Webster.com
protect, protect: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
protect: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
protect: Collins English Dictionary
protect: Vocabulary.com
Protect, protect: Wordnik
protect: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
protect: Wiktionary
protect: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
protect: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
protect: Infoplease Dictionary
protect: Dictionary.com
protect: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Protect: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Protect: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
protect: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
protect: Rhymezone
protect: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
protect: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
protect: Free Dictionary
protect: Mnemonic Dictionary
protect: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
protect: Dictionary/thesaurus
protect: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (5 matching dictionaries)

MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
protect: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
protect: Legal dictionary
Protect: Financial dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

protect: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
PROTECT: Acronym Finder
protect: Idioms

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)

Protect: Dan's Poker
Protect: Poker Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ verb: (transitive, intransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
▸ verb: (travel, aviation) To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.

Opposite:

endanger, expose, harm, attack, neglect

Types:

shield, cover, screen, guard, defend, insulate, muffle, more...

Phrases:

protect against, write protect, unwind protect, c2 protect, protect a bed, more...

Adjectives:

write, self, check, does, neglect, select, ronmental, password

Colors:

black, navy blue, dark green, olive, charcoal, burgundy, maroon, forest green, midnight blue, brown

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