protects
Saypruh-TEKTS/pɹəˈtɛkts/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of protect.
Thick bark protects the tree from fire and insects.
International law protects diplomats from arrest while abroad.
Note
The -s form carries both lives of the verb. Usually it takes an object (bark protects the tree), but it can also stand without one, as in a coating that simply protects. Airline staff use it in a narrower trade sense: a carrier protects a passenger by booking them on a later flight in case they cannot board the earlier one. With plural subjects, or after can and will, the base protect returns.
protects is a form of protect
protect, verb: To keep safe from harm; to defend or guard against danger. Full entry
- Forms
- protectprotects he/she/itprotecting -ing formprotected past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- protect → protects: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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