Protect
verb
To keep safe from harm or danger.
Wear your helmet to protect your head while riding a bike.
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- protect oneself
- protect the environment
verb
To legally ensure that a certain right is respected.
The law is designed to protect consumer interests.
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- protect rights
- protect patents
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Legal
verb
To create a barrier that prevents something from damage.
Use sunscreen to protect your skin from the sun.
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- protect from the sun
- protect from rain
verb
To prevent from being damaged by actions or decisions.
The city walls were built to protect the citizens from invaders.
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- protect from invaders
- protect the city
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Historical
verb
To maintain the confidentiality or integrity of data.
We use encryption to protect customers' personal data.
Often appears as...
- protect data
- protect passwords
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Computing
verb
To keep safe from harm or danger.
Wear your helmet to protect your head while riding a bike.
Often appears as...
- protect oneself
- protect the environment
verb
To legally ensure that a certain right is respected.
The law is designed to protect consumer interests.
Often appears as...
- protect rights
- protect patents
Usage tips
Legal
verb
To create a barrier that prevents something from damage.
Use sunscreen to protect your skin from the sun.
Often appears as...
- protect from the sun
- protect from rain
verb
To prevent from being damaged by actions or decisions.
The city walls were built to protect the citizens from invaders.
Often appears as...
- protect from invaders
- protect the city
Usage tips
Historical
verb
To maintain the confidentiality or integrity of data.
We use encryption to protect customers' personal data.
Often appears as...
- protect data
- protect passwords
Usage tips
Computing
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Safety
Often used when advising measures to prevent physical harm or injury.
Protect your feet by wearing shoes on hot sand.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Nuance
Sometimes implies care or love towards what is being protected.
She protected her children from the bad news.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Safety
Often used when advising measures to prevent physical harm or injury.
Protect your feet by wearing shoes on hot sand.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Nuance
Sometimes implies care or love towards what is being protected.
She protected her children from the bad news.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Safety
Often used when advising measures to prevent physical harm or injury.
Protect your feet by wearing shoes on hot sand.
Pro Tip 2/2Emotional Nuance
Sometimes implies care or love towards what is being protected.
She protected her children from the bad news.
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How to create a great...
exactly what the company does but these names can be a mouthful and are much harder to own and protect acronyms like ge and bp are just shorthand versions of descriptive names some acronyms are more strategic kentucky fried chicken switched to kfc because fried chicken didn't sound too
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Bill Gates: The next...
processed it, and put that plasma back in people to protect them. But that was never tried. So there was a lot that was missing. And these things are really a global failure. The WHO is funded to monitor epidemics, but not to do these things I talked about.
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Elephant Encounter in...
poached increases more poachers are coming for Botswana's ivory and we need to be ready protect the people and they will protect the wildlife we stopped to have lunch at Nellis and crossing not knowing that the migration was about to arrive
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Why do people join...
and for some, their beliefs, no matter how strange, are protected under religious freedom. But when their practices involve harassment, threats, illegal activities, or abuse, the law can intervene.
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Oviraptorid Defends Her...
Protecting the nest means Gigantoraptors' young are more likely to survive.
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Tiger Grieves Her Dead...
Not killed by poachers but poisoned by a villager, protecting his cattle.
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
not killed by poachers but poisoned by a villager protecting his cattle
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Dinosaur Massacre PIPE...
Herding behaviour protects the many but at the expense of the few.
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Thought-provoking...
protect their position the youngster can't take his eyes off them
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Mother Lioness Hunts...
Mission accomplished. Now she must protect her kill.
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How to create a great...
exactly what the company does but these names can be a mouthful and are much harder to own and protect acronyms like ge and bp are just shorthand versions of descriptive names some acronyms are more strategic kentucky fried chicken switched to kfc because fried chicken didn't sound too
Video examples
Bill Gates: The next...
processed it, and put that plasma back in people to protect them. But that was never tried. So there was a lot that was missing. And these things are really a global failure. The WHO is funded to monitor epidemics, but not to do these things I talked about.
Video examples
Elephant Encounter in...
poached increases more poachers are coming for Botswana's ivory and we need to be ready protect the people and they will protect the wildlife we stopped to have lunch at Nellis and crossing not knowing that the migration was about to arrive
Video examples
Why do people join...
and for some, their beliefs, no matter how strange, are protected under religious freedom. But when their practices involve harassment, threats, illegal activities, or abuse, the law can intervene.
Video examples
Oviraptorid Defends Her...
Protecting the nest means Gigantoraptors' young are more likely to survive.
Video examples
Tiger Grieves Her Dead...
Not killed by poachers but poisoned by a villager, protecting his cattle.
Video examples
ONE HOUR of Amazing...
not killed by poachers but poisoned by a villager protecting his cattle
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Dinosaur Massacre PIPE...
Herding behaviour protects the many but at the expense of the few.
Video examples
Thought-provoking...
protect their position the youngster can't take his eyes off them
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Mother Lioness Hunts...
Mission accomplished. Now she must protect her kill.
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Ronald Reagan
American President
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
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Lonnie Johnson
American Inventor
Especially when you have a lot of technology you're developing as a small company, trying to protect that technology is a real problem.
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Venus Williams
American Tennis Player
When you are in the public eye, you have to protect yourself. There are so many people judging you. I just try to be myself.
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Orson Welles
American Actor
I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
American Boxer
You have to protect yourself at all times. What goes around comes around.
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Mae West
American Actress
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
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Dwayne Johnson
American Actor
Around every corner, always protect the engine that powers you.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
A good lawyer is going to try to protect her client.
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Jim Carrey
Canadian Comedian
If you've got a talent, protect it.
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Audre Lorde
American Poet
Your silence will not protect you.
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Ronald Reagan
American President
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
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Lonnie Johnson
American Inventor
Especially when you have a lot of technology you're developing as a small company, trying to protect that technology is a real problem.
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Venus Williams
American Tennis Player
When you are in the public eye, you have to protect yourself. There are so many people judging you. I just try to be myself.
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Orson Welles
American Actor
I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
American Boxer
You have to protect yourself at all times. What goes around comes around.
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Mae West
American Actress
Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
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Dwayne Johnson
American Actor
Around every corner, always protect the engine that powers you.
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John Kennedy
American Lawyer
A good lawyer is going to try to protect her client.
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Jim Carrey
Canadian Comedian
If you've got a talent, protect it.
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Audre Lorde
American Poet
Your silence will not protect you.
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