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O que (quem) é defence - definição

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Defence; Defensive Skills; Defenses; Defense (disambiguation); Defence (disambiguation); Defensive; Indefensible

defence         
n. BE; AE also: defense
1) to conduct, organize, put up a defence
2) to overwhelm smb.'s defences
3) an adequate; airtight, impenetrable; heroic; inadequate, weak; strong; stubborn defence
4) civil; national defence; military defences
5) (sports) a man-to-man; zone defence
6) a legal defence
7) a defence against, for
8) in defence of
defence         
n.
[Written also Defense.]
1.
Defending, protecting, protection, guarding, maintaining, maintenance, holding.
2.
Protection, guard, buckler, shield, bulwark, fortification, tower of strength.
3.
Vindication, justification, apology, plea, excuse.
defence         
(defences)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
Note: The spelling 'defense' is used in American English, and in meaning 8 is pronounced
1.
Defence is action that is taken to protect someone or something against attack.
The land was flat, giving no scope for defence...
By wielding a knife in defence you run the risk of having it used against you.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Defence is the organization of a country's armies and weapons, and their use to protect the country or its interests.
Twenty eight percent of the federal budget is spent on defense.
...the French defence minister.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N n
3.
The defences of a country or region are all its armed forces and weapons.
...the need to maintain Britain's defences at a sufficiently high level.
N-PLURAL
4.
A defence is something that people or animals can use or do to protect themselves.
The immune system is our main defence against disease...
= protection
N-COUNT: oft N against n
5.
A defence is something that you say or write which supports ideas or actions that have been criticized or questioned.
Chomsky's defence of his approach goes further...
= justification
N-COUNT: oft N of n, also in N
6.
In a court of law, an accused person's defence is the process of presenting evidence in their favour.
He has insisted on conducting his own defence.
N-COUNT: oft with poss
7.
The defence is the case that is presented by a lawyer in a trial for the person who has been accused of a crime. You can also refer to this person's lawyers as the defence.
The defence was that the records of the interviews were fabricated by the police...
N-SING: usu the N
8.
In games such as football or hockey, the defence is the group of players in a team who try to stop the opposing players scoring a goal or a point.
Their defence, so strong last season, has now conceded 12 goals in six games...
I still prefer to play in defence.
? attack
N-SING-COLL: oft poss N, also in N
9.
If you come to someone's defence, you help them by doing or saying something to protect them.
He realized none of his schoolmates would come to his defense...
PHRASE: PHR after v

Wikipédia

Defense

Defense or defence may refer to:

Exemplos do corpo de texto para defence
1. The Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon, 53, was Defence Secretary.
2. Defence Secretary Shekhar Dutta, chief of Integrated Defence Staff Vice Admiral Raman Puri, Secretary of Defence Production D.
3. The agreement was signed by Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal and German Defence Minister Franz–Josef Jung in Ministry of Defence.
4. Uday Bhaskar, an analyst with defence think–tank Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, told Reuters.
5. The UK National Defence Association is being launched, under the patronage of three former chiefs of defence staff, to press for a major increase in defence spending.