verb🔗ShareTo keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to."Condoms are designed to protect against sexually-transmitted diseases."propertylawenvironmentpolicemilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(travel) To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight."The airline protected my seat on the next flight in case I missed my connection due to the weather delay. "businessserviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareDefended"The young seedlings were protected from the frost by a plastic cover. "propertylawmilitarypoliceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of a variable, method, etc.) Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program element is accessible to subclasses but not to the program in general."In the programming class, the student learned that the age variable in the Person class was protected, meaning only the Student class (a subclass of Person) could directly access and change it, not other unrelated parts of the program. "computingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
