defend

Betekenis (Engels)

  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.

Concepten

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Synoniemen

protect
A2
guard
A2
💂
preserve
C1
shield
B2
🛡️
safeguard
C2
secure
B2
vindicate
prevent
B2
maintain
B2
save
A1
support
A2
ward off
champion
B2
shelter
B2
watch over
stand for
fight back
advocate
C1
plead
C1
oppose
C1
hold
A1
hinder
22k
uphold
C2
assert
21k
stand up
block
B1
stand up for
hamper
21k
represent
B2

fight down

fight
A1
guard against
parry
21k
escort
B2
help
A1
deliver
B1
defense
B1
cut off
sheltered
C2
resist
B2
garrison
C1
fortify
35k
forbid
B2
redeem
C2
conserve
C2
obscure
C2
avert
24k
obstruct
28k
justify
C1
keep
A1
Vertalingen

défendre
defender
difendere
verteidigen
defender
protéger
defensar
دافع

υπερασπίζω

defendere
beschützen
proteggere
schützen
sostenere
Frequentie

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/dɪˈfɛnd/
Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels
defenden
Verwant aan Frans
Frans
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.

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