āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to defend
01
āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to not let any harm come to someone or something
Transitive: to defend sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The superhero was determined to defend the city from villains and threats.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻšāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻļāĻšāĻ°āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§āĻĸāĻŧāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
(in sports) to prevent an opponent from scoring a goal or point
Intransitive
Transitive: to defend the scoring position
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The defense team succeeded in defending their goal from any further attacks.
āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ āĻāĻŋāĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ§āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to represent a person who is on trial
Transitive: to defend sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
During the trial, the lawyer worked tirelessly to defend her client against the charges.
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āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to support someone or try to justify an action, plan, etc.
Transitive: to defend sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The lawyer prepared to defend his client âs actions during the trial.
āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to compete in order to keep a title or a seat
Transitive: to defend a title or position
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The incumbent mayor is preparing to defend her seat in the upcoming election.
āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ° āĻāĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¸āĻ¨ āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
defendable
defender
defending
defend
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