defend

Signification (Anglais)

1. (transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
2. (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
3. (transitive) 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. Mostly in tests. The action of not putting force into hitting a shot, but to conserve energy and wear down bowlers so they can attack later.
6. 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.
7. (slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
8. (obsolete, transitive) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
9. (obsolete, transitive) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
10. (intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To prohibit, forbid.

Concepts

défendre

protéger

prévenir

aider

empêcher

🛑

soutenir

représenter

interdire

lutter

plaider

préconiser

présenter

préserver

professer

respecter

retenir

surveiller

tenir

plaider pour

faire obstacle à

abriter

se défendre

arrêter

battre

champion

combattre

garantir

garder

Synonymes

protect

guard

💂

preserve

shield

🛡️

safeguard

secure

vindicate

prevent

maintain

save

support

ward off

champion

shelter

watch over

stand for

fight back

advocate

plead

oppose

hold

hinder

uphold

assert

stand up

block

stand up for

hamper

represent

fight down

fight

guard against

parry

escort

help

deliver

defense

cut off

sheltered

resist

garrison

fortify

forbid

redeem

conserve

obscure

avert

obstruct

justify

keep

Traductions

defender

difendere

verteidigen

defender

verdedigen

defensar

دافع

defendere

opkomen voor

verweren

υπερασπίζω

beschützen

schützen

defendo

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪˈfɛnd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: defenden

Appartenant à français: défendre

In summary

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.

Phrases

He resolved to defend the traditional polytheistic religion of Arabia .