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1. protect(verb)

   shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage

   "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"

2. protect(verb)

   use tariffs to favor domestic industry

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1. protect(Verb)

   To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

Origin: Attested in since 1530, from protectus, past participle of protegere from pro- + tegere. More at thatch. Displaced native helien, forhelian (from helian, forhelian, bischilden (from shelde), berwen (from beorgan), mundien (from mundian).

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1. Protect(verb)

   to cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children

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1. Protect

   Protect, or The National Association to Protect Children, is a political organization established in 2002 and dedicated to the protection of children from abuse, exploitation, and neglect. It is a nonprofit, 501 membership association with members in every U.S. state and 10 nations. Protect achieved great success in its first three years, winning legislative victories in eight state legislatures. It advocates a nonpartisan "pro-child, anti-crime" agenda, and works closely with both conservative and liberal constituencies and lawmakers.

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1. Protect

   prō-tekt′, v.t. to cover in front: to cover over: to shield from danger: to defend: to shelter.—adv. Protec′tingly.—ns. Protec′tion, act of protecting: state of being protected: preservation: defence: that which protects: guard: refuge: security: a writing guaranteeing against molestation or interference: passport: a fostering of home produce and manufactures by laying taxes on the importation of foreign goods; Protec′tionism, the doctrine of the protectionists; Protec′tionist, one who favours the protection of trade by law.—adj. favouring the economic doctrine of protection.—adj. Protec′tive, affording protection: defensive: sheltering.—n. that which protects.—adv. Protec′tively.—ns. Protec′tiveness; Protec′tor, one who protects from injury or oppression: a guardian: a regent:—fem. Protec′tress, Protec′trix.—adjs. Protec′toral, Protectō′rial, pertaining to a protector or a regent.—n. Protec′torāte, government by a protector: the authority assumed by a superior: relation assumed by a strong nation to a weak one, whereby the latter is protected from hostile or foreign interference.—adj. Protec′torless.—ns. Protec′torship; Protec′tory, an institution for destitute children. [L., pro, in front, tegĕre, tectum, to cover.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'protect' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2042

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'protect' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2389

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'protect' in Verbs Frequency: #254

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of protect in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of protect in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Jake Maisner:

   Everyone wanted to protect her.

2. Pope Francis ':

   We need unity to protect creation.

3. Hoth Gor Luak:

   If you go out, who will protect you?

4. Ebaristo Torres:

   I feel the need to protect the border.

5. Tiffany Edmonds:

   They joined ... to protect our country.

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