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{
"term": "protection",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the act of protecting somebody/something; the state of being protected",
"sensetop": "protection against somethingprotection from somethingprotection of somebody/something (against/from something)protection for somebody/something (against/from something)for protectionunder protectionunder the protection of somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Wear clothes that **provide** adequate **protection** against the wind and rain.",
"contextForm": "protection against something"
},
{
"text": "His straw hat **offered** some **protection** from the sun.",
"contextForm": "protection from something"
},
{
"text": "We seek to ensure the protection of human rights.",
"contextForm": "protection of somebody/something (against/from something)"
},
{
"text": "the conservation and protection of the environment"
},
{
"text": "They are campaigning for better protection for workers.",
"contextForm": "protection for somebody/something (against/from something)"
},
{
"text": "She carries a gun in her bag for personal protection.",
"contextForm": "for protection"
},
{
"text": "He asked to be put under police protection.",
"contextForm": "under protection"
},
{
"text": "These people remain under the protection of the United Nations.",
"contextForm": "under the protection of somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "**data protection** laws"
},
{
"text": "the importance of **environmental protection**"
},
{
"text": "A helmet affords the cyclist some degree of protection against injury."
},
{
"text": "Animal protection supporters gathered to protest against hunting."
},
{
"text": "Fire protection equipment must be available on all floors."
},
{
"text": "Governments must provide protection for their workers."
},
{
"text": "Many British wild animals are now under the protection of the Wildlife and Countryside Act."
},
{
"text": "She was put into a psychiatric hospital for her own protection."
},
{
"text": "The couple were found guilty of violation of child protection laws."
},
{
"text": "The high walls give the garden protection from the wind."
},
{
"text": "The site is under the protection of UNESCO."
},
{
"text": "The skunk releases a pungent smell as a means of protection."
},
{
"text": "a witness-protection program"
},
{
"text": "sun protection products"
}
],
"topics": ["The environment"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a thing that protects somebody/something against something",
"sensetop": "protection against somethingprotection from somethingas (a) protectionas (a) protection against/from something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The plastic sheeting is not a complete protection against the rain.",
"contextForm": "protection against something"
},
{
"text": "The trench served as a protection from enemy gunfire.",
"contextForm": "protection from something"
},
{
"text": "He wears a helmet as protection.",
"contextForm": "as (a) protection"
},
{
"text": "Fill the cooling system with antifreeze as a protection against frost.",
"contextForm": "as (a) protection against/from something"
},
{
"text": "They wore the charm as a protection against evil spirits."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "insurance against fire, injury, damage, etc.",
"sensetop": "protection (against something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Our policy offers complete protection against fire and theft."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the system of helping an industry in your own country by taxing foreign goods",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The government is ready to introduce protection for the car industry."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the system of paying criminals so that they will not attack your business or property",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to pay **protection money**"
},
{
"text": "to run a **protection racket**"
}
],
"topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈtekʃn/",
"audio": "pr/protection/protection__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈtekʃn/",
"audio": "pr/protection/protection__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin protectio(n-), from protegere ‘cover in front’, from pro- ‘in front’ + tegere ‘to cover’."
}