protection

B1 Topic:Safety & Risk

US /pɹəˈtɛkʃn̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #2216

Meanings

1

noun
The act of keeping someone or something safe from harm.

The witnesses demanded police protection.
2

noun
The state of being kept safe.

They huddled together under the tree for protection from the storm.
3

noun
Something that keeps you safe from damage or injury.

A helmet gives your head protection in a crash.
4

noun
Money paid to criminals so they will not harm your business.

Every shop in the area had to pay protection to the gang.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · the state of being kept safe. shelter

3 noun · something that keeps you... protective covering

4 noun · money paid to criminals so... tribute

Word family

Forms protections

Derived forms antiprotectionatheroprotectionautoprotectionaxoprotectionbioprotectionbronchoprotectioncardioprotectioncerebroprotectionchemoprotectionchondroprotectioncrossprotectioncryoprotection

Related forms protect

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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equal protection
the same legal safeguards and treatment for everyone in comparable circumstances

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Late Latin pro- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der. Proto-Italic *tegō Late Latin tegō Late Latin prōtegō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Late Latin -tiō Late Latin prōtēctiōder. Old Frenchbor. Middle English English protection From Middle English, from Old French, from stem of Late Latin prōtectiō (“a covering over”), from Latin prōtēctus, perfect passive participle of prōtegere (“to pr…

prōtectiō la-lat prōtēctus Latin

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Topics

Safety & Risk

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# protection

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pɹəˈtɛkʃn̩/
**Frequency rank:** 2216

## Meanings
1. The act of keeping someone or something safe from harm.
2. The state of being kept safe.
3. Something that keeps you safe from damage or injury.
4. Money paid to criminals so they will not harm your business.

## Examples
- The witnesses demanded police protection.
- They huddled together under the tree for protection from the storm.
- A helmet gives your head protection in a crash.
- Every shop in the area had to pay protection to the gang.

## Derived Forms
- antiprotection
- atheroprotection
- autoprotection
- axoprotection
- bioprotection
- bronchoprotection
- cardioprotection
- cerebroprotection
- chemoprotection
- chondroprotection
- crossprotection
- cryoprotection

## Related Forms
- protect

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: prōtectiō
- Root: prōtēctus

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Late Latin pro- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der. Proto-Italic *tegō Late Latin tegō Late Latin prōtegō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Late Latin -tiō Late Latin prōtēctiōder. Old Frenchbor. Middle English English protection From Middle English, from Old French, from stem of Late Latin prōtectiō (“a covering over”), from Latin prōtēctus, perfect passive participle of prōtegere (“to pr…

## AI Etymology
Protection: Late Latin pro- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der. Proto-Italic *tegō Late Latin tegō Late Latin prōtegō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Late Latin -tiō Late Latin prōtēctiōder. Old Frenchbor. The historical chain includes prōtectiō (la-lat), prōtēctus (Latin). In present-day English it covers the act of keeping someone or something safe from harm, the state of being kept safe, and something that keeps you safe from damage or injury. The wider family includes derived forms such as antiprotection, atheroprotection, autoprotection, axoprotection, bioprotection and related forms such as protect.

## Topics
- Safety & Risk

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