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protecting

Syllables: pro·tect·ing/pɹəˈtɛktɪŋ/

protecting is the present participle and gerund of protect.

Meaning of protect

Verb

protect (third-person singular simple present protects, present participle protecting, simple past and past participle protected)

  1. (ambitransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
    • to protect a child from danger
  2. To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.

Words formed from protecting

Phrases with protecting

Questions about protecting

What is protecting the present participle and gerund of?
Protecting is the present participle and gerund of protect.
How do you pronounce protecting?
Protecting is pronounced /pɹəˈtɛktɪŋ/.

Words near protecting in the dictionary

  1. protectest
  2. protecteth
  3. protectibility
  4. protectible
  5. protectin
  6. protecting
  7. protecting group
  8. protecting groups
  9. protecting power
  10. protecting powers
  11. protectingly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: protecting (page history and authors); protect (page history and authors). 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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