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protection

noun
/pɹəˈtɛkʃn̩/

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 *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō 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 protect, cover in front”). Displaced native Old English ġesċildnes. Equivalent to protect + -ion.

  1. derived from prōtēctus
  2. derived from prōtectiō — “a covering over”

Definitions

  1. The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.

    • Raincoats give protection from rain.

  2. The state of being safe.

  3. A means of keeping or remaining safe.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.

    2. Coverage.

    3. Immunity from harm, obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.

    4. A document serving as a guarantee against harm or interference

      A document serving as a guarantee against harm or interference; a passport.

    5. Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic…

      Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers of goods or services.

    6. An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file).

    7. Synonym of adult protection (“adult incontinence wear”).

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Derived

antiprotection, atheroprotection, autoprotection, axoprotection, bioprotection, bronchoprotection, cardioprotection, cerebroprotection, chemoprotection, chondroprotection, close protection, copy protection, crossprotection, cryoprotection, cyberprotection, cytoprotection, data protection, deposit protection, deprotection, ecoprotection, environmental protection, excitoprotection, extreme risk protection order, gastroprotection, geroprotection, glioprotection, hepatoprotection, heteroprotection, immunoprotection, lightning protection system, lipoprotection, mechanoprotection, Mickey Mouse Protection Act, mucoprotection, multiprotection, myeloprotection, natural protection, nephroprotection, neuroprotection, nonprotection · +37 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at protection. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at protection. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at protection

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA