protective
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /pɹɛtɛktɪv/, /pɹoʊtɛktɪv/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛktɪv
- Hyphenation: pro‧tec‧tive
Adjective edit
protective (comparative more protective, superlative most protective)
- Serving or intended to protect.
- The fighter dropped into a protective stance.
- The castle's moat served a protective function.
- 2004, Mickey Baskett, Fabulous Painted Furniture, page 13:
- Pour a solvent such as paint thinner, mineral spirits, or a liquid sandpaper product in a metal can or enamel bowl. Wear protective gloves.
- Wishing to protect; defensive of somebody or something.
- Mother bears are famously protective of their cubs.
Derived terms edit
- atheroprotective
- autoprotective
- bioprotective
- bronchoprotective
- cardioprotective
- cerebroprotective
- chemoprotective
- chondroprotective
- cryoprotective
- cytoprotective
- excitoprotective
- gastroprotective
- genoprotective
- hepatoprotective
- hyperprotective
- immunoprotective
- myeloprotective
- nephroprotective
- neuroprotective
- nonprotective
- osmoprotective
- osteoprotective
- otoprotective
- overcurrent protective device
- overprotective
- personal protective equipment
- photoprotective
- protective custody
- protectively
- protectiveness
- protective order
- protective reaction
- radioprotective
- renoprotective
- semiprotective
- seroprotective
- superprotective
- thermoprotective
- thromboprotective
- ultraprotective
- unprotective
- uroprotective
- vasculoprotective
- vasoprotective
Translations edit
serving, intended or wishing to protect
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Noun edit
protective (plural protectives)
Translations edit
Something that protects
A condom
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