The meaning of PROTECT is to cover or shield from exposure, injury, damage, or destruction : guard. How to use protect in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Protect.
prevent – protect 1. 'prevent' If someone or something prevents you from doing something, they do not allow you to do it. My only idea was to prevent him from speaking. Cotton mittens will prevent the baby from scratching his own face.
Protect definition: to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.. See examples of PROTECT used in a sentence.
Definition of protect verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [transitive, intransitive] to make sure that somebody/something is not harmed, injured, damaged, etc. Our aim is to protect the jobs of our members. Each company is fighting to protect its own commercial interests.
pro•tect /prəˈtɛkt/ v. to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, insult, etc.; cover; shield: [~ + object] The turtle's shell protects it from harm. [no object] The police are there to protect. Business [~ + object] to guard (an industry) from foreign competition, as by charging import duties on the products of the competition.
To protect means to keep safe from harm, damage, or injury; to prevent someone or something from being affected or harmed by something; or to shield from danger, harm, or destruction.
