defend

Signification (Anglais)

1. To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
2. To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
3. To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
4. To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
5. To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous instance of that competition.
6. (slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
7. (obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
8. (obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
9. (obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.

Concepts

défendre

protéger

prévenir

aider

soutenir

empêcher

représenter

respecter

surveiller

garantir

préserver

abriter

arrêter

interdire

plaider

se défendre

plaider pour

professer

préconiser

battre

combattre

lutter

garder

retenir

tenir

champion

présenter

faire obstacle à

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪˈfɛnd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English defenden, from Old French defendre, deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), from Proto-Italic *fendō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-. Displaced native Old English bewerian.