defensives
Saydi-FEN-sivzUK/dɪˈfɛn.sɪvz/AUS/dɪˈfen.sɪvz/
- 1Plural of defensive.
Note
A plural that only one reading of the noun can take. A defensive in the countable sense is a means of defense, such as a wall, a battery or a protective measure, and such things can be counted. The attitude or position of defense, as in on the defensive, stays singular. Elsewhere the word is usually an adjective (defensive driving, a defensive reply), and English adjectives take no plural at all.
defensives is a form of defensive
defensive, noun: A position or attitude of resisting attack, or the means used to defend oneself. Full entry
- Forms
- defensivedefensives plural
- Spelling
- defensive → defensives: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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