verb
ADVERB
▪ completely , fully
▪ adequately , properly , well
▪
A cardboard box would ~ the product better.
▪ inadequately
▪ carefully
▪ effectively , successfully
▪ jealously ( esp. BrE )
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a star who jealously ~s her right to privacy
VERB + PROTECT
▪ need to
▪ seek to , strive to , try to
▪ act to , fight to
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Each company is fighting to ~ its own commercial interests.
▪ take steps to
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We must take steps to ~ the region as a manufacturing base.
▪ help (to)
▪ serve to
▪ be designed to
PREPOSITION
▪ against
▪
a cream that helps to ~ your skin against the sun
▪ from
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The new measures are designed to ~ the public from people like these.
▪ with
▪
Protect the exposed areas of wood with varnish.
PHRASES
▪ be aimed at ~ing sth
▪ constitutionally ~ed ( esp. AmE ), federally ~ed ( AmE ), legally ~ed , officially ~ed , specially ~ed
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a constitutionally ~ed right of freedom of speech
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a federally ~ed game preserve
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Many of these sites—of immense scientific interest—are not legally ~ed.
▪ a desire to ~ sb/sth , a need to ~ sb/sth , a need to ~ sb/sth
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He felt it was his duty to ~ the child.
▪ heavily ~ed , highly ~ed
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The Far Eastern markets are heavily ~ed (= with high taxes for imported goods) .
▪ poorly ~ed , well ~ed
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Keep the camera well ~ed at all times.
▪ measures to ~ sb/sth
▪ be ~ed by copyright
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Some pieces of music are ~ed by copyright.
▪ be ~ed by law , be ~ed under law
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The equality of women is ~ed under law.
Protect is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ amendment , ↑ bodyguard , ↑ copyright , ↑ guard , ↑ patent , ↑ regulation , ↑ shield , ↑ vaccine , ↑ varnish
Protect is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ anonymity , ↑ asset , ↑ confidentiality , ↑ consumer , ↑ convoy , ↑ country , ↑ countryside , ↑ crop , ↑ democracy , ↑ dignity , ↑ diversity , ↑ earth , ↑ egg , ↑ ego , ↑ environment , ↑ eye , ↑ flank , ↑ forest , ↑ freedom , ↑ habitat , ↑ health , ↑ heritage , ↑ homeland , ↑ identity , ↑ industry , ↑ information , ↑ institution , ↑ integrity , ↑ interest , ↑ investment , ↑ investor , ↑ job , ↑ kid , ↑ land , ↑ landscape , ↑ liberty , ↑ life , ↑ livelihood , ↑ monument , ↑ name , ↑ nation , ↑ plant , ↑ prerogative , ↑ privacy , ↑ property , ↑ public , ↑ rear , ↑ reputation , ↑ resource , ↑ right , ↑ security , ↑ skin , ↑ source , ↑ stock , ↑ territory , ↑ turf , ↑ wilderness , ↑ wildlife , ↑ witness , ↑ worker