PROTECTION


Meaning of PROTECTION in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ adequate , effective , good , great

▪ added , additional , extra

▪ special

▪ complete , full , maximum

▪ basic

▪ constitutional , legal

▪ police

Witnesses at the trial were given police ~.

▪ animal , child , consumer , data , environmental , personal , privacy , wilderness ( AmE ), wildlife , witness

She carries a gun in her bag for personal ~.

a witness-protection scheme ( BrE )

a witness-protection program ( AmE )

Animal ~ supporters gathered to protest against hunting.

▪ fire , flood

Fire-protection equipment must be available on all floors.

▪ sun , UV

sun-protection products

▪ bankruptcy

▪ copy , copyright , patent

▪ antivirus , password

… OF PROTECTION

▪ degree

A helmet affords the rider some degree of ~ against injury.

VERB + PROTECTION

▪ afford (sb) , ensure (sb) , give (sb) , offer (sb) , provide (sb with)

▪ need , require

▪ seek , want

▪ have

PREPOSITION

▪ under the ~ of

The site is under the ~ of UNESCO.

Many wild animals are now under the ~ of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

▪ ~ against

Fill the cooling system with antifreeze as a ~ against frost.

▪ ~ for

Governments must provide ~ for their workers.

▪ ~ from

The wall gives the plants ~ from the wind.

PHRASES

▪ a means of ~

The skunk releases a pungent smell as a means of ~.

▪ for sb's own ~

She was put into a psychiatric hospital for her own ~.

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