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We found 45 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word protection: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "protection" is defined. General (31 matching dictionaries) protection: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info] protection: Collins English Dictionary [home, info] protection: Vocabulary.com [home, info] protection: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info] protection: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info] Protection, protection: Wordnik [home, info] protection: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info] Protection: Wiktionary [home, info] protection: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info] protection: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info] protection: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info] protection: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info] protection: Dictionary.com [home, info] protection: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info] Protection, protection: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info] protection: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info] Protection (Donna Summer song), Protection (album), Protection (climbing), Protection (disambiguation), Protection (poker), Protection (song), Protection, The Protection: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info] Protection: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info] protection: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info] protection: Rhymezone [home, info] protection, protection (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info] protection: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info] Protection: 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info] protection: Free Dictionary [home, info] protection: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info] protection: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info] protection: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info] protection: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info] protection: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info] Business (6 matching dictionaries) Protection: THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM [home, info] protection: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info] Protection: Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics [home, info] PROTECTION: Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition [home, info] Protection (disambiguation), protection: Legal dictionary [home, info] protection: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info] Computing (1 matching dictionary) Protection (disambiguation), protection: Encyclopedia [home, info] Medicine (2 matching dictionaries) protection: online medical dictionary [home, info] Protection (disambiguation), protection: Medical dictionary [home, info] Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary) Protection: Brilliant Dream Dictionary [home, info] Slang (1 matching dictionary) Protection: Urban Dictionary [home, info] Tech (3 matching dictionaries) Protection: AUTOMOTIVE TERMS [home, info] protection: DOD Dictionary of Military Terms [home, info] Protection (IP): Glossary of Agricultural Terms, Programs and Laws [home, info]

Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (protection) ▸ noun:  payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence ("Every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection") ▸ noun:  the activity of protecting someone or something ("The witnesses demanded police protection") ▸ noun:  the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition ("He made trade protection a plank in the party platform") ▸ noun:  the condition of being protected ("They were huddled together for protection") ▸ noun:  kindly endorsement and guidance ▸ noun:  defense against financial failure; financial independence ("Insurance provided protection against loss of wages due to illness") ▸ noun:  a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury ("They had no protection from the fallout") ▸ Word origin