Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to protect
Participle: protected
Gerund: protecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | protect |
| you | protect |
| he;she;it | protects |
| we | protect |
| you | protect |
| they | protect |
Perfect
| I | have protected |
| you | have protected |
| he;she;it | has protected |
| we | have protected |
| you | have protected |
| they | have protected |
Past
| I | protected |
| you | protected |
| he;she;it | protected |
| we | protected |
| you | protected |
| they | protected |
Pluperfect
| I | had protected |
| you | had protected |
| he;she;it | had protected |
| we | had protected |
| you | had protected |
| they | had protected |
Future
| I | will protect |
| you | will protect |
| he;she;it | will protect |
| we | will protect |
| you | will protect |
| they | will protect |
Future Perfect
| I | will have protected |
| you | will have protected |
| he;she;it | will have protected |
| we | will have protected |
| you | will have protected |
| they | will have protected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | protect |
| you | protect |
| he;she;it | protect |
| we | protect |
| you | protect |
| they | protect |
Perfect
| I | have protected |
| you | have protected |
| he;she;it | have protected |
| we | have protected |
| you | have protected |
| they | have protected |
Imperfect
| I | protected |
| you | protected |
| he;she;it | protected |
| we | protected |
| you | protected |
| they | protected |
Pluperfect
| I | had protected |
| you | had protected |
| he;she;it | had protected |
| we | had protected |
| you | had protected |
| they | had protected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would protect |
| you | would protect |
| he;she;it | would protect |
| we | would protect |
| you | would protect |
| they | would protect |
Perfect
| I | would have protected |
| you | would have protected |
| he;she;it | would have protected |
| we | would have protected |
| you | would have protected |
| they | would have protected |
Imperative
| you | protect |
| we | Let's protect |
| you | protect |
Verbs conjugated like 'protect'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'protect'
profect,
project,
prosect,
protest,
deprotect,
prelect,
pretest,
pretext,
proact,
product,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make or keep a person or object safe from attack
- beshield, beward, brood, cape for, defend, fend, guard, preserve, safeguard, secure, shelter, shield, ward
- guard
- preserve, cover, insulate, defend, safeguard, harbor, house, save
Antonyms
- guard
- attack, assault, desert, forsake
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Attested in English since 1530, from Latin prōtēctus (“covered, protected”), past participle of prōtegō, prōtegere (“to cover the front, protect”) from prō, prō- (“before, in front of”) + tegō, tegere (“to cover”), see tegument. Largely displaced native Middle English shelden, from Old English sċildan (“to protect,” literally “to shield”).
Verbs referencing "protect"
Esperanto
protekti, Ido protektar.
Sample Sentences
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“ O, ma’am ! ” said she, wildly, to Mrs. Bird, “ do protect us ! don't let them get him ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] for you. Here, Dinah, make her up a bed in your own room, close by the kitchen, and I'll think what to do for her in the morning. Meanwhile, never fear, poor woman; put your trust in God; he will protect you. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The whole system of shipping and conveying these unfortunate persons, is one that stands in need of thorough revision. If any class deserve to be protected and assisted by the Government, it is that class who are banished from their native land in search of the bare means of subsistence. All that could be done for these poor people by the great [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. I saw this very early when I became an owner; and I resolved never to begin, because I did not know when I should stop,—and I resolved, at least, to protect my own moral nature. The consequence is, that my servants act like spoiled children; but I think that better than for us both to be brutalized together. You have talked a great deal about our [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ No more mine now than she was before, ” Miss Ophelia. “ Nobody but God has a right to give her to me; but I can protect her now. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] that one, ” said he, pointing with his finger to Legree, who stood with his back to them, “ the whole thing would go down like a millstone. It is your respectability and humanity that licenses and protects his brutality. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] Harris ? To your fathers, freedom was the right of a nation to be a nation. To him, it is the right of a man to be a man, and not a brute; the right to call the wife of his bosom his wife, and to protect her from lawless violence; the right to protect and educate his child; the right to have a home of his own, a religion of his own, a character of his own, unsubject to the will of another. [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] nation to be a nation. To him, it is the right of a man to be a man, and not a brute; the right to call the wife of his bosom his wife, and to protect her from lawless violence; the right to protect and educate his child; the right to have a home of his own, a religion of his own, a character of his own, unsubject to the will of another. All these thoughts were rolling and seething in George's [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] he could not remember or speak of with patience,—and, with the courageous disregard of consequences which is characteristic of his age and state, he assured her that he would do all in his power to protect and bring them through.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] to see that such a case may occur, wherever there is a man whose passions outweigh his interests, and a slave who has manhood or principle enough to resist his will. There is, actually, nothing to protect the slave's life, but the _character_ of the master. Facts too shocking to be contemplated occasionally force their way to the public ear, and the comment that one often hears made on them is more [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)