protect
🇺🇸
/prəˈtekt/
🇬🇧
/prəˈtekt/
verb
A2
to keep someone or something safe from harm or danger
Wear a helmet to protect your head when riding a bike.
A2
to have laws that keep animals, places, or things safe from harm
Laws protect these animals from being hunted.
R
to help local businesses by making foreign goods more expensive
Taxes protect local farmers by making imported food cost more.
R
to have insurance that pays if something bad happens
Insurance can protect you if your house gets damaged.
R
to keep information safe from people who should not see it
Use a password to protect your computer files.
translation
to keep someone or something safe from harm or danger; to have laws that keep animals, places, or things safe from harm; to help local businesses by making foreign goods more expensive; to have insurance that pays if something bad happens; to keep information safe from people who should not see it
Word Forms
3rd Present
protects
Past
protected
Perfect
protected
Progressive
protecting