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defend

verb

de·​fend di-ˈfend How to pronounce defend (audio)
defended; defending; defends

transitive verb

1
a
: to drive danger or attack away from
defend the castle from invaders
b(1)
: to maintain or support in the face of argument or hostile criticism
defend a theory
couldn't defend their actions
(2)
: to prove (something, such as a doctoral thesis or dissertation) valid by answering questions in an oral exam
preparing to defend her thesis
c
sports : to attempt to prevent an opponent from scoring at
elects to defend the south goal
2
archaic : prevent, forbid
which God defend that I should wring from him Shakespeare
3
: to act as attorney for
hired a lawyer to defend their son
4
law : to deny or oppose the right of a plaintiff in regard to (a suit or a wrong charged) : contest
5
: to retain or seek to retain (something, such as a title or position) against a challenge in a contest
they successfully defended their championship

intransitive verb

1
: to take action against attack or challenge
the defending champion
2
sports : to play or be on defense
playing deep to defend against a pass
3
card games : to play against the high bidder
defendable
di-ˈfen-də-bəl How to pronounce defend (audio)
adjective

Synonyms

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defend, protect, shield, guard, safeguard mean to keep secure from danger or against attack.

defend denotes warding off actual or threatened attack.

defend the country

protect implies the use of something (such as a covering) as a bar to the admission or impact of what may attack or injure.

a hard hat to protect your head

shield suggests protective intervention in imminent danger or actual attack.

shielded her eyes from the sun with her hand

guard implies protecting with vigilance and force against expected danger.

White House entrances are well guarded

safeguard implies taking precautionary protective measures against merely possible danger.

our civil liberties must be safeguarded

synonyms see in addition maintain

Example Sentences

The company must defend its own interests. We believed it was a cause worth defending. She defended her friend's behavior. Stop defending him. What he did was wrong.
Recent Examples on the Web As the former president, Mr. Trump commands media attention and is able to defend himself in the court of public opinion in a way most people cannot. Aruna Viswanatha, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 Experts say that, for its part, Taiwan needs to spend more on its own defense, balancing conventional forces needed to deter a Chinese invasion with small, maneuverable forces able to survive an onslaught and defend the island in the longer term. Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Aug. 2022 Kaul also questioned whether Toney would defend the 2024 election results in court if Trump runs again and loses Wisconsin. Todd Richmond, ajc, 26 Aug. 2022 Flanagan posted a time of 32 minutes, 25 seconds on Sunday to once again hold off Simbassa — this time by seven seconds — and defend his crown in the 50th edition of the race, which hosted 10,000 competitors from around the world. Brad Joyal, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 Seeking to defend their title in the tournament, the Portland Thorns host C.F. Monterrey on Wednesday night in the semifinal round of the Women’s International Champions Cup (WICC). oregonlive, 17 Aug. 2022 These officials downplayed the prospect that a Russian land grab would mark a significant turning point and exuded confidence that plans to continue helping Ukraine defend itself in the long term will enable Zelensky to achieve his objectives. Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022 That’s important because since Russia invaded Ukraine, confidence in Washington’s willingness to send troops to defend Taiwan in an invasion scenario has waned. Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2022 Biden and other White House officials have attempted to defend his electability in recent weeks, however. Isabella Murray, ABC News, 29 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English defenden, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French defendre, defender, going back to Latin dēfendere "to ward off, fend off, repel danger from, protect," from dē- de- + -fendere, presumably, "to strike, hit" (unattested without prefixes), going back to Indo-European *gwhen-dh-, extended determinate form of *gwhen-, *gwhn- "strike, kill," whence Hittite kuenzi "(s/he) kills," kunanzi "(they) kill," Sanskrit hánti "(s/he) strikes, kills," ghnánti "(they) strike, kill," Greek theínein "to strike," épethnon "(I) killed," Old Irish gonaid "(s/he) pierces, wounds, kills," Welsh gwan- "stab, pierce," Lithuanian genù, giñti "to drive (cattle, etc.)," Old Church Slavic ženǫ, gŭnati "to drive, chase out, expel"; also, from nominal derivative *gwhon-, Greek phónos "bloodshed, murder," and from *gwhń̥-tih2, Germanic *gunþī, *gunþjō, whence Old English gūþ "battle, combat," Old Saxon gūđea, Old High German gund-, Old Norse gunnr, guðr

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

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