defences
USdi-FEN-siz/dɪˈfɛnsɪz/UKdi-FENS-iz/dɪˈfɛnsɪz/
- 1Plural of defence.
The minister's defences of the policy grew weaker with every interview.
The striker found a way through two of the league's tightest defences.
Note
The c marks this plural as British, matching defence; American writing uses defenses throughout, and one text should keep to one spelling. The plural counts what can be numbered: walls and weapons raised against attack, separate arguments made for a policy, or the defensive units of rival teams, as in a striker breaking through two of the league's tightest defences.
defences is a form of defence
defence, noun: The act of keeping someone or something safe from attack, danger or injury. Full entry
- Forms
- defencedefences plural
- Spelling
- defence → defences: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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