How do you use the word "protection" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "protection" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "protection": We should lay on a second coat of paint for better protection against the weather. The protection circuit is built into the system.

Protection Meaning

/pɹəˈtɛkʃn̩/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe process of keeping (something or someone) safe.

nounThe state of being safe.

Sentence Examples

We should lay on a second coat of paint for better protection against the weather.

The protection circuit is built into the system.

Wear clothes that provide adequate protection against the wind and rain.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

security

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The thick walls of the castle offered ____ from enemy attacks during the siege.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The charity provided legal ____ for refugees who faced persecution in their home countries.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Late Latin pro- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-der. Proto-Italic *tegō Late Latin tegō Late Latin prōtegō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Late Latin -tiō Late Latin prōtēctiōder. Old Frenchbor. Middle English English protection From Middle English, from Old French, from stem of Late Latin prōtectiō (“a covering over”), from Latin prōtēctus, perfect passive participle of prōtegere (“to protect, cover in front”). Displaced native Old English ġesċildnes. Equivalent to protect + -ion.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…]." — 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

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