Defense

See also défense

English

Alternative spellings

• defence (Commonwealth)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /dɛˈfɛns/
• (US) IPA: /diˈfɛns/
• (sports): (US, often) IPA: /ˈdi fɛns/

Noun

Singular Defense

Plural {{{1}}}

Defense ({{{1}}})

1. The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
2. Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
   1. (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
   2. (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
3. An argument in support or justification of something.
4. Government policy or structure related to the military.

   Ministry of Defense

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:defense

Antonyms

• offense

Derived terms

• ecodefense
• Nuremberg defense
• defensive
• defensiveness

Translations

action of protecting from attack

Bulgarian: защита bg(bg), отбрана bg(bg) Chinese: 防御 (fángyù) Croatian: ȍbrana hr(hr) f. Czech: obrana cs(cs) f. Danish: forsvar Dutch: verdediging nl(nl) f. Faroese: verja fo(fo) Finnish: puolustautuminen French: défense fr(fr) f. German: Verteidigung de(de) f. Greek: άμυνα el(el) f. (ámyna) Hebrew: הגנה (hagana) f. (action of protecting someone); התגוננות (hitgonenut) f. (action of protecting oneself) Hungarian: védelem hu(hu)

Italian: difesa it(it) f. Japanese: 防御, 防禦 (ぼうぎょ, bōgyo) Korean: 방어 (bang-eo) Kurdish: به‌رگری Norwegian: forsvar Persian: دفاع fa(fa) Hungarian: védelem hu(hu) Polish: obrona pl(pl) f. Portuguese: defesa pt(pt) f. Russian: защита ru(ru) (zaščíta) f. Spanish: defensa es(es) f.

anything employed to oppose attack

Bulgarian: отбрана, отбранителни съоръжени Croatian: ȍbrana hr(hr) f. Czech: obrana cs(cs) f. Danish: forsvar Faroese: verja fo(fo) Finnish: puolustus fi(fi) German: Verteidigung de(de) f.

Greek: άμυνα el(el) f. (ámyna) Hebrew: הגנה (hagana) f. Kurdish: به‌رگری Polish: obrona pl(pl) f. Portuguese: defesa pt(pt) f., escudo pt(pt) m. Spanish: defensa es(es) f.

argument in support or justification of something

Croatian: ȍbrana hr(hr) f. Dutch: verweer nl(nl) n.

Polish: obrona pl(pl) f. Portuguese: defesa pt(pt) f.

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