Words / B2

pr-uh-TEKSHUN/prəˈtekʃn/

Protection is keeping someone or something safe: child protection; protection from flooding. Protect is the verb (already in the dictionary). Referrals go to the designated lead. Mix-up: protest is a demonstration (already elsewhere). Uncountable in policy English. Do not call a lucky charm protection in coursework.

Meaning

The act of keeping someone or something safe.

Examples

• “Child-protection referrals go to the designated lead, not the group chat.”
• “Flood protection featured in the geography decision-making paper, which is the engineering sense.”

Good to know

protection from / against; child / data / flood protection. Verb: protect. Trap: protest. Safeguarding and geography. The act of keeping safe.

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