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How to pronounce “defend”
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Pronunciation guide for defend
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of defend with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Greatest Chess Player That Ever Lived
this psychology works now in my favor because my opponent is losing his will to defend.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
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How to pronounce defend
The Greatest Chess Player That Ever Lived
this psychology works now in my favor because my opponent is losing his will to defend.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “defend”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
- (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
- (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
- (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
- (cricket) Mostly in tests. The action of not putting force into hitting a shot, but to conserve energy and wear down bowlers so they can attack later.
- (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous instance of that competition.
- (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
- (transitive, obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
- (transitive, obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.
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