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- DictionaryPro·tec·tive/prəˈtektiv/
adjective
- 1. capable of or intended to protect someone or something: "protective gloves are worn to minimize injury"
Protective definition: having the quality or function of protecting. See examples of PROTECTIVE used in a sentence.
PROTECTIVE definition: 1. giving protection: 2. wanting to protect someone from criticism, hurt, danger, etc. because you…. Learn more.
The meaning of PROTECT is to cover or shield from exposure, injury, damage, or destruction : guard. How to use protect in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Protect.
wanting to protect someone from criticism, hurt, danger, etc. because you like them very much: It's easy to be too protective toward/of your children. She's fiercely protective of the man she married 29 years ago. Fewer examples. I keep my computer printer under a protective plastic cover.
Protective means designed or intended to protect something or someone from harm. Protective gloves reduce the absorption of chemicals through the skin. Protective measures are necessary if the city's monuments are to be preserved.
Anything that's protective safeguards or watches out for something (or someone) else. Protective gear keeps you safe from physical injury, and a protective parent cares for and worries about their children.
adjective. 1. protecting, or serving, intended, or alleged to protect. a protective gesture, protective custody. 2. Economics. serving or intended to protect domestic products, industries, etc. in competition with foreign products, industries, etc. a protective tariff.
