{
    "term": "protection",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act of protecting somebody/something; the state of being protected",
            "sensetop": "protection against somethingprotection from somethingprotection of somebody/something (against/from something)protection for somebody/something (against/from something)for protectionunder protectionunder the protection of somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Wear clothes that **provide** adequate **protection** against the wind and rain.",
                    "contextForm": "protection against something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His straw hat **offered** some **protection** from the sun.",
                    "contextForm": "protection from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We seek to ensure the protection of human rights.",
                    "contextForm": "protection of somebody/something (against/from something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the conservation and protection of the environment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are campaigning for better protection for workers.",
                    "contextForm": "protection for somebody/something (against/from something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She carries a gun in her bag for personal protection.",
                    "contextForm": "for protection"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He asked to be put under police protection.",
                    "contextForm": "under protection"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These people remain under the protection of the United Nations.",
                    "contextForm": "under the protection of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**data protection** laws"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the importance of **environmental protection**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A helmet affords the cyclist some degree of protection against injury."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Animal protection supporters gathered to protest against hunting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fire protection equipment must be available on all floors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Governments must provide protection for their workers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many British wild animals are now under the protection of the Wildlife and Countryside Act."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was put into a psychiatric hospital for her own protection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The couple were found guilty of violation of child protection laws."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The high walls give the garden protection from the wind."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The site is under the protection of UNESCO."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The skunk releases a pungent smell as a means of protection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a witness-protection program"
                },
                {
                    "text": "sun protection products"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a thing that protects somebody/something against something",
            "sensetop": "protection against somethingprotection from somethingas (a) protectionas (a) protection against/from something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The plastic sheeting is not a complete protection against the rain.",
                    "contextForm": "protection against something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The trench served as a protection from enemy gunfire.",
                    "contextForm": "protection from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wears a helmet as protection.",
                    "contextForm": "as (a) protection"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fill the cooling system with antifreeze as a protection against frost.",
                    "contextForm": "as (a) protection against/from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They wore the charm as a protection against evil spirits."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "insurance against fire, injury, damage, etc.",
            "sensetop": "protection (against something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Our policy offers complete protection against fire and theft."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the system of helping an industry in your own country by taxing foreign goods",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The government is ready to introduce protection for the car industry."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "the system of paying criminals so that they will not attack your business or property",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to pay **protection money**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to run a **protection racket**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈtekʃn/",
                "audio": "pr/protection/protection__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈtekʃn/",
                "audio": "pr/protection/protection__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin protectio(n-), from protegere ‘cover in front’, from pro- ‘in front’ + tegere ‘to cover’."
}