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defend

/dɪˈfɛnd/

US pronunciation
American sound/dɪˈfɛnd/
dɪˈfɛnd
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

dɪ - ˈfɛnd -> defend

Myanmar meaning

(v) ကာကွယ်သည်။ စောင့်ကြပ်သည်။ (n) ထုချေ

Full entry

defend /dÇ'fend/ v

၁။ ~ sb/sth (from/against sb/sth)
(က) ဘေးအန္တရာယ်မှ ကာကွယ်ပေးသည်။ ခုခံ ကာကွယ်သည်။
When the dog attacked me, I defended myself with a stick. ❍ defend sb from attack/an attacker/injury ❍ defend one's country against enemies.
(ခ) ခုခံကာကွယ် ပြောဆိုရေးသားသည်။
defend one's actions/cause/ideas/leader ❍ defend a lawsuit ❍ You'll need stronger evidence to defend your claim to the inheritance. ❍ He's fighting to defend his seat in Congress. ❍ The newspaper defended her against the accusations.
၂။ (sport ) (က) ခံစစ်ကစားသည်။ ကာကွယ်သည်။ Some players are better at defending ❍ They had three players defending the goal.
(ခ) (မိမိ အောင်သရဖူကို) ကာကွယ်သည်။
the defending champion ❍ She's running to defend her 400 metres title.
❏ defender n ခုခံကာကွယ်သူ။ an outspoken defender of human rights ❍ He had to beat several defenders to score.

More examples
  • Thousands of young men came forward, willing to defend their country.
  • [defend someone/something from/against something] : Steps are being taken to defend the city against attack.
  • [defend yourself] : You have a right to defend yourself if you are being attacked.
  • Hundreds of miners are fighting to defend their jobs.
  • We will defend their right to free speech.
  • Mr Rose defended the committee’s decision to publish the report early.
  • [strongly/strenuously/vigorously defend] : He vigorously defended his party’s record on human rights.
  • [defend yourself against something] : They must be given the opportunity to defend themselves against these allegations.
  • The opposition defended brilliantly in the second half.
  • She will be defending her Wimbledon title later this month.
  • [successfully defend] : Can Baxter successfully defend his heavyweight championship?
Synonyms
protect, guard, preserve, secure, shield, look after, advocate, aid, apologize for, argue, assert, avert, back, back up, battle, bear one out, beat off, befriend, bulwark, care for, champion, cherish, come to defense of, conserve, contend, cover, cover for, endorse, entrench, espouse, exculpate, exonerate, explain, fend off, fight, fight for, fortify, foster, garrison, go to bat for, guarantee, guard against, hedge, hold, hold at bay, house, insure, justify, keep safe, maintain, mine, nourish, oppose, panoply, plead, prevent, prove a case, provide sanctuary, put in a good word, rationalize, recommend, repel danger, represent, resist, retain, ride shotgun for, safeguard, save, say in defense, screen, second, shelter, speak up for, stand by, stand for, stand up for, stave off, stick up for, stonewall, support, sustain, take in, thump for, uphold, vindicate, war, ward off, warrant, watch, watch over, withstand
Antonyms
abandon, accuse, aid, assist, attack, blame, condemn, deny, desert, disapprove, discourage, endanger, forget, forsake, give up, harm, help, hurt, ignore, injure, leave, let go, lose, make peace, neglect, oppose, protest, punish, quit, reject, release, relinquish, renounce, resign, reveal, sentence, squander, support, surrender, uncover, waste
Cross references
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