protection
pronunciation
How to pronounce protection in British English:
UK [prəˈtekʃn]
How to pronounce protection in American English:
US [prəˈtekʃn]
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- Noun:
- the activity of protecting someone or something
- a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
- defense against financial failure; financial independence
- the condition of being protected
- kindly endorsement and guidance
- the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition
- payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
Word Origin
- protection (n.)
- mid-14c., "shelter, defense; keeping, guardianship;" late 14c. as "that which protects," from Old French proteccion "protection, shield" (12c.) and directly from Late Latin protectionem (nominative protectio) "a covering over," noun of action from past participle stem of protegere "protect, cover in front," from pro- "in front" + tegere "to cover" (see stegosaurus). A common Old English word for "protect" was beorgan. International economic sense is from 1789. In gangster sense, "freedom from molestation in exchange for money," it is attested from 1860. Ecological sense of "attempted preservation by laws" is from 1880 (originally of wild birds in Britain). Also in medieval England, "the protection or maintenance of a lord or patron; sponsorship." To put (someone) out of protection meant to deprive him or her of the security of the protection of the kingdom's laws.
Synonym
bulwark bodyguard palladium sanctuary buffer guard security shield screen wall cover convoy shelter refuge safety hideaway step shielding defence safeguard hiding place escort
Example
- 1. Banks are still in protection mode . "
- 2. What are the checks on so much power and the rights of minority shareholders for protection ?
- 3. Owning or leasing the walls doesn 't gain you magical protection .
- 4. The best protection against global warming is global prosperity .
- 5. Being a new teacher , she has no job protection .