mid-15c., from Latin protectus, past participle of protegere "to protect, cover in front" (see protection). International economics sense from 1789. Related: Protected; protecting.

to take action to prevent injury or attack.

The second of four phases of the privacy operational life cycle. It provides the data life cycle, information security practices and Privacy by Design principles to “protect” personal information. Ref [..]

shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" use tariffs to favor domestic industry (protected) kept safe or defended [..]

to guard or defend

Definition verb

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1 : to shield from injury or harm [ing public health and safety] 2 : to secure or preserve against encroachment, infringement, restriction, or violation : maintain the status or integrity of esp. ...

(1) To keep your hand or a chip on your cards. This prevents them from being fouled by a discarded hand, or accidentally mucked by the dealer. (2) To invest more money in a pot so blind money that you [..]

(v) shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage(v) use tariffs to favor domestic industry

See Protective Marking.

The ECSC PROTECT division delivers outsourced cyber security management and threat intelligence, from our PCI DSS certified Security Operations Centre (SOC).

The Protect component is designed to defend against unauthorized data loss over the web and through email.  It is designed to monitor and/or block sensitive data from being sent to unauthorized users [..]

To maintain the status and integrity of the original existing features and materials of a historic property. (Design Guidelines for Department of Defense Historic Buildings and Districts; US Department of Defense, 2008)

to prevent loss, injury, or harm.

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To keep information systems away from intentional, unintentional, and natural threats: 1) preclude an adversary from gaining access to information for the purpose of destroying, corrupting, or manipulating such information; or (2) deny use of information systems to access, manipulate, and transmit mission-essential information.

(1) To guard with a low card, as an honor, (2) to make a bid in order that partner may have another opportunity to bid, thus “protecting” him if he has greater strength than his first call has implied [..]

(1) (slang) (verb) balance

To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to. * date=2012-03 |author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter |title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered |volume=100|issue=2|page=87 |m [..]

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to prevent loss, injury, or harm.