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{
"term": "protect",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "protect",
"heSheIt": "protects"
},
"pastSimple": "protected",
"pastParticiple": "protected",
"ingForm": "protecting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make sure that somebody/something is not harmed, injured, damaged, etc.",
"sensetop": "protect somebody/something/yourselfprotect somebody/something/yourself against somethingprotect somebody/something/yourself from somethingprotect against somethingprotect from something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to protect **children/citizens/civilians/consumers/workers**",
"contextForm": "protect somebody/something/yourself"
},
{
"text": "Our aim is to protect the jobs of our members."
},
{
"text": "the section of the treaty that **protects the rights** of employees"
},
{
"text": "Each company is fighting to **protect** its own commercial **interests**."
},
{
"text": "A majority of Democrats believe that such regulations **protect the public**."
},
{
"text": "Troops have been sent to protect aid workers against attack.",
"contextForm": "protect somebody/something/yourself against something"
},
{
"text": "They huddled together to protect themselves from the wind.",
"contextForm": "protect somebody/something/yourself from something"
},
{
"text": "a paint that helps protect against rust",
"contextForm": "protect against something"
},
{
"text": "Vitamin B12 may have a role in protecting from heart disease.",
"contextForm": "protect from something"
},
{
"text": "He felt it was his duty to protect the child."
},
{
"text": "Keep the camera well protected at all times."
},
{
"text": "a cream that helps to protect your skin against the sun"
},
{
"text": "Protect the exposed areas of wood with varnish."
},
{
"text": "Some pieces of music are protected by copyright."
},
{
"text": "a star who jealously protects her right to privacy"
},
{
"text": "a constitutionally protected right of freedom of speech"
},
{
"text": "The equality of women is protected under law."
},
{
"text": "The new measures are designed to protect the public from people like these."
}
],
"topics": ["The environment"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["completely", "fully", "adequately"],
"verb + protect": ["need to", "seek to", "strive to"],
"preposition": ["against", "from", "with"],
"phrases": [
"be aimed at protecting something",
"constitutionally protected",
"federally protected"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to introduce laws that make it illegal to kill, harm or damage a particular animal, area of land, building, etc.",
"sensetop": "protect somethingto be protected by something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a protected area/species"
},
{
"text": "the need to **protect the environment**"
},
{
"text": "Polar bears have been **protected by law** in Norway since 1973.",
"contextForm": "to be protected by something"
},
{
"text": "The plant is protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act."
},
{
"text": "Many of these sites—of immense scientific interest—are not legally protected."
},
{
"text": "a federally protected game preserve"
}
],
"topics": ["The environment"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["completely", "fully", "adequately"],
"verb + protect": ["need to", "seek to", "strive to"],
"preposition": ["against", "from", "with"],
"phrases": [
"be aimed at protecting something",
"constitutionally protected",
"federally protected"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to help an industry in your own country by taxing goods from other countries so that there is less competition",
"sensetop": "protect something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "protected markets"
},
{
"text": "The Far Eastern markets are heavily protected."
},
{
"text": "We must take steps to protect the UK as a manufacturing base."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["completely", "fully", "adequately"],
"verb + protect": ["need to", "seek to", "strive to"],
"preposition": ["against", "from", "with"],
"phrases": [
"be aimed at protecting something",
"constitutionally protected",
"federally protected"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to provide somebody/something with insurance against fire, injury, damage, etc.",
"sensetop": "protect (somebody/something) (against something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Many policies do not protect you against personal injury."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to limit access to data, a web page, etc., for example by using passwords or encryption (= special codes)",
"sensetop": "protect something (against/from something)",
"labels": "(computing)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Security products are designed to protect information from unauthorized access."
},
{
"text": "All these pages are **password-protected**."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈtekt/",
"audio": "pr/protect/protect__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈtekts/",
"audio": "pr/protect/protects__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈtektɪd/",
"audio": "pr/protect/protected__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈtektɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/protect/protecting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈtekt/",
"audio": "pr/protect/protect__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈtekts/",
"audio": "pr/protect/protects__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈtektɪd/",
"audio": "pr/protect/protected__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈtektɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/protect/protecting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin protect- ‘covered in front’, from the verb protegere, from pro- ‘in front’ + tegere ‘to cover’."
}