protect
/pɹəˈtɛkt/
protect verb: to keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
Verb
protect (third-person singular simple present protects, present participle protecting, simple past and past participle protected)
protect meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
protect in Hindi
- to keep safe
- रक्षा करना rakṣā karnā
protect in Tamil
- பேணிப்பாதுகாத்தல், பாதுகாத்தல்
protect in Marathi
- संरक्षण करणे
protect in Urdu
- آڑے آنا, بچانا, حفاظت کرنا, پالنا, پرورش کرنا, پشت پر ہونا
More languagesFewer languages
- protect in Bengali
- রক্ষা করা, রাখা, বাঁচান, সংরক্ষিত করা
- protect in Telugu
- సంరక్షించు saṁrakṣiñcu
- protect in Malayalam
- രക്ഷിയ്ക്കുക rakṣiykkuka
- protect in Kannada
- ರಕ್ಷಿಸು rakṣisu, ಹಿಡಿ hiḍi
- protect in Punjabi
- ਬਚਾਉਣਾ bacāuṇā, ਰੱਖਣਾ rakkhăṇā
- protect in Gujarati
- રાખવું rākhvũ, સાચવવું sācavvũ, પાળવું pāḷvũ
- protect in Sanskrit
- रक्षति rakṣati
- protect in Nepali
- रक्षा गर्ने, सुरक्षा गर्ने
- protect in Tagalog
- protektahan
- protect in Arabic
- حَمَى ḥamā
- protect in Persian
- پاییدن pâyidan
- protect in Thai
- ป้องกัน bpɔ̂ng-gan, คุ้มครอง kúm-krɔɔng, ปกป้อง bpòk-bpɔ̂ng
- protect in Vietnamese
- bảo vệ
- Sindhi
- رکيا ڪرڻ rkhyā krṇ
Examples of protect in a sentence
- Condoms are designed to protect against sexually-transmitted diseases.
- But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen?2012 March, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2...
Synonyms of protect
Forms of protect
| third-person singular present | protects |
|---|---|
| present participle | protecting |
| past participle | protected |
| past | protected |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | protectest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | protectedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | protecteth |
Origin of protect
Attested in English since 1530, from Latin prōtēctus (“covered, protected”), past participle of prōtegō, prōtegere (“to cover the front, protect”) from prō, prō- (“before, in front of”) + tegō, tegere (“to cover”), see tegument. Largely displaced native Middle English shelden, from Old English sċildan (“to protect,” literally “to shield”).
Words formed from protect
- calprotectin
- cardioprotect
- chemoprotect
- chondroprotect
- cryoprotect
- deprotect
- immunoprotect
- neuroprotect
- neuroprotectin
- overprotect
- photoprotect
- protecc
- protectability
- protectable
- protectant
- protectee
- protectible
- protectin
- protection
- protective
- radioprotect
- reprotect
- seroprotect
- shoot and protect
- underprotect
- unprotect
Words that rhyme with protect
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- respect
- deflect
- dissect
- expect
- redirect
- suspect
- correct
- defect
- disconnect
- infect
- inflect
- neglect
- resurrect
- unchecked
- abject
- bisect
- deject
- deselect
- genuflect
- incorrect
- inspect
- interject
- introspect
- object
- sect
- wrecked
- conject
- convect
- decked
- detect
- elect
- intersect
- necked
- perfect
- prospect
- recollect
- reconnect
- select
- subject
- trisect
- bandreject
- cathect
- cobra effect
- counterobject
- despect
- disinfect
- disject
- disrespect
Questions about protect
- What does protect mean?
- Protect means to keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
- What is protect in Hindi?
- Protect in Hindi is रक्षा करना (rakṣā karnā). See Protect meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use protect in a sentence?
- Condoms are designed to protect against sexually-transmitted diseases.
- What part of speech is protect?
- Protect is a verb.
- How do you pronounce protect?
- Protect is pronounced /pɹəˈtɛkt/.
- What is the past tense of protect?
- The past tense of protect is protected.
Words near protect in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: protect (page history and authors); protect (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); protect (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); protect (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); protect (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ರಕ್ಷಿಸು (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਬਚਾਉਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); પાળવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); protect (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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