defense
See also: défense
English
Etymology
From French défense, itself from Late Latin dēfensa (“protection”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɛns/
- (US) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɛns/
Audio (US) (file) - (sports): (US, often) IPA(key): /ˈdiːˌfɛns/
- Rhymes: -ɛns
Noun
defense (countable and uncountable, plural defenses) (American spelling)
- The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- (government, military) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- Department of Defense
- (obsolete) A prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
- Sir W. Temple
- Severe defenses […] against wearing any linen under a certain breadth.
- Sir W. Temple
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:defense
Antonyms
Derived terms
- antidefense
- defenseless
- defensive
- defensiveness
- defensive scheme
- defensive system
- ecodefense
- Nuremberg defense
Translations
action of protecting from attack
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anything employed to oppose attack
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team sports: strategy and tactics
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team sports: portion of a team
argument in support or justification of something
government policy or structure
prohibitory ordinance
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈfen.se/, [deːˈfẽː.sɛ]
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈfen.se/
Verb
defense
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of defensar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of defensar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of defensar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of defensar.
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