{
    "term": "protect",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "protect",
            "heSheIt": "protects"
        },
        "pastSimple": "protected",
        "pastParticiple": "protected",
        "ingForm": "protecting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make sure that somebody/something is not harmed, injured, damaged, etc.",
            "sensetop": "protect somebody/something/yourselfprotect somebody/something/yourself against somethingprotect somebody/something/yourself from somethingprotect against somethingprotect from something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to protect **children/citizens/civilians/consumers/workers**",
                    "contextForm": "protect somebody/something/yourself"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our aim is to protect the jobs of our members."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the section of the treaty that **protects the rights** of employees"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each company is fighting to **protect** its own commercial **interests**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A majority of Democrats believe that such regulations **protect the public**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Troops have been sent to protect aid workers against attack.",
                    "contextForm": "protect somebody/something/yourself against something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They huddled together to protect themselves from the wind.",
                    "contextForm": "protect somebody/something/yourself from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a paint that helps protect against rust",
                    "contextForm": "protect against something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Vitamin B12 may have a role in protecting from heart disease.",
                    "contextForm": "protect from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He felt it was his duty to protect the child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Keep the camera well protected at all times."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a cream that helps to protect your skin against the sun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Protect the exposed areas of wood with varnish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some pieces of music are protected by copyright."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a star who jealously protects her right to privacy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a constitutionally protected right of freedom of speech"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The equality of women is protected under law."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new measures are designed to protect the public from people like these."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely", "fully", "adequately"],
                "verb + protect": ["need to", "seek to", "strive to"],
                "preposition": ["against", "from", "with"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be aimed at protecting something",
                    "constitutionally protected",
                    "federally protected"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to introduce laws that make it illegal to kill, harm or damage a particular animal, area of land, building, etc.",
            "sensetop": "protect somethingto be protected by something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a protected area/species"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the need to **protect the environment**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Polar bears have been **protected by law** in Norway since 1973.",
                    "contextForm": "to be protected by something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The plant is protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many of these sites—of immense scientific interest—are not legally protected."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a federally protected game preserve"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely", "fully", "adequately"],
                "verb + protect": ["need to", "seek to", "strive to"],
                "preposition": ["against", "from", "with"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be aimed at protecting something",
                    "constitutionally protected",
                    "federally protected"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to help an industry in your own country by taxing goods from other countries so that there is less competition",
            "sensetop": "protect something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "protected markets"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Far Eastern markets are heavily protected."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We must take steps to protect the UK as a manufacturing base."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["completely", "fully", "adequately"],
                "verb + protect": ["need to", "seek to", "strive to"],
                "preposition": ["against", "from", "with"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be aimed at protecting something",
                    "constitutionally protected",
                    "federally protected"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to provide somebody/something with insurance against fire, injury, damage, etc.",
            "sensetop": "protect (somebody/something) (against something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Many policies do not protect you against personal injury."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to limit access to data, a web page, etc., for example by using passwords or encryption (= special codes)",
            "sensetop": "protect something (against/from something)",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Security products are designed to protect information from unauthorized access."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All these pages are **password-protected**."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈtekt/",
                "audio": "pr/protect/protect__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈtekts/",
                "audio": "pr/protect/protects__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈtektɪd/",
                "audio": "pr/protect/protected__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈtektɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/protect/protecting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈtekt/",
                "audio": "pr/protect/protect__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈtekts/",
                "audio": "pr/protect/protects__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈtektɪd/",
                "audio": "pr/protect/protected__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈtektɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/protect/protecting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin protect- ‘covered in front’, from the verb protegere, from pro- ‘in front’ + tegere ‘to cover’."
}