Protection Prəˈtekʃn Provide Rain System Noun Wear Clothes

• wear clothes that provide adequate protection against the wind and rain.
• his straw hat offered some protection from the sun.
• we seek to ensure the protection of human rights.
• the conservation and protection of the environment

protection

1. the act of protecting somebody/something; the state of being protected
• Wear clothes that provide adequate protection against the wind and rain.
• His straw hat offered some protection from the sun.
• We seek to ensure the protection of human rights.
• the conservation and protection of the environment
• They are campaigning for better protection for workers.
• She carries a gun in her bag for personal protection.
• He asked to be put under police protection.
• These people remain under the protection of the United Nations.
• data protection laws
• the importance of environmental protection

Extra Examples

• A helmet affords the cyclist some degree of protection against injury.
• Animal protection supporters gathered to protest against hunting.
• Fire protection equipment must be available on all floors.
• Governments must provide protection for their workers.
• Many British wild animals are now under the protection of the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
• She was put into a psychiatric hospital for her own protection.
• The couple were found guilty of violation of child protection laws.
• The high walls give the garden protection from the wind.
• The site is under the protection of UNESCO.
• The skunk releases a pungent smell as a means of protection.
• a witness-protection program
• sun protection products
2. a thing that protects somebody/something against something
• The plastic sheeting is not a complete protection against the rain.
• The trench served as a protection from enemy gunfire.
• He wears a helmet as protection.
• Fill the cooling system with antifreeze as a protection against frost.
• They wore the charm as a protection against evil spirits.
3. insurance against fire, injury, damage, etc.
• Our policy offers complete protection against fire and theft.
4. the system of helping an industry in your own country by taxing foreign goods
• The government is ready to introduce protection for the car industry.
5. the system of paying criminals so that they will not attack your business or property
• to pay protection money
• to run a protection racket

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin protectio(n-), from protegere ‘cover in front’, from pro- ‘in front’ + tegere ‘to cover’.