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protects

protects is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

Questions about protects

What is protects the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Protects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of protect.

Words near protects in the dictionary

  1. protectours
  2. protectress
  3. protectresses
  4. protectrices
  5. protectrix
  6. protects
  7. protege
  8. protegee
  9. protegees
  10. proteges
  11. protegrin

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