defense

See also: défense

defense - English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA: /dɪˈfɛns/
  • (sports): (US, often) IPA: /ˈdiːˌfɛns/

Noun

defense (countable and uncountable, plural defenses) (American spelling)

  1. US standard spelling of defence.

Synonyms

  • See also defense

Antonyms

Derived terms

Translations

  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
  • Czech: zákaz (cs) m
  • Finnish: kielto (fi)

defense - Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /deːˈfen.se/, [d̪eːˈfẽːs̠ɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /deˈfen.se/, [d̪eˈfɛnse]

Participle

dēfēnse

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēfēnsus

defense - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /deˈfense/ [d̪eˈfẽn.se]
  • Syllabification: de‧fen‧se

Verb

defense

  1. inflection of defensar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
Meaning and Definition of defense
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