In the modern school, much attention is paid to the development of speech. But you can work on eloquence not only at a school desk, but also on your own. To do this, it is worth reflecting on individual words: analyze in detail all their meanings, select synonyms and antonyms, and come up with sentences with this word. As an example of working on a word, let's take the well-known noun "protection".
Protection is…
What do you think is the meaning of the word "protection"?
Protection is:
- What protects a person or an object is their defense, serves as a shelter.
- Protecting something or someone from hostile acts, danger, etc.
- Defending party in a lawsuit.
- Part of a sports team whose main task is to protect the goal of their team from hitting the ball or puck of opponents.
- Preventing something from negative effects or influences.
- Supporting someoneor anyone's opinion from criticism and objections.
- Submission of scientific work, for example for a degree.
Morphological characteristics, declension
The word "protection" consists of six letters and six sounds; it can be divided into three syllables, of which the second is stressed. From the point of view of morphology, "protection" is a common inanimate noun of the feminine gender. Like all nouns ending in "a", it belongs to the first declension.
| Case | Question | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | What? | Protection is what protects, protects from the bad. | protection |
| Genitive | What? | In her very large circle, Princess Alexandra Alexandrovna found neither support nor protection. | protection |
| Dative | What? | The defense of a Ph. D. thesis should be approached with all seriousness and responsibility, there may not be a second chance. | defenses |
| Accusative | What? | The programmer has installed protection on all computers, now you can not be afraid of viruses. | protection |
| Instrumental | What? | In spring and summer, do not neglect protection against ticks, they can be carriers of tick-borne encephalitis. | defenses |
| Prepositional case | About what? | OhPavel Nikolaevich Dementiev thought to himself last of all, it was more important to protect his wife and daughters from evil tongues. | about defenses |
It is worth noting that the plural form in everyday speech is used quite rarely.
Protection: synonyms
Synonyms are words that belong to the same part of speech and have more or less the same meaning.
Protection is:
- aegis;
- patronage;
- cover;
- screen;
- defending;
- cover;
- security;
- refuge;
- screen;
- prevention;
- defense;
- camouflage;
- support;
- stronghold;
- wing;
- canopy;
- protection;
- stronghold;
- armor;
- intercession;
- fence;
- fencing;
- shield.
Protection: antonyms
Antonyms also refer to the same part of speech, but have diametrically opposite lexical meanings.
Antonyms for "protection":
- attack;
- attack;
- invasion;
- intervention;
- charge.
Seven sentences with the word "protection"
To better grasp all the nuances of the meaning and use of the noun "protection", it would not be superfluous to consider a few examples of sentences with this word:
- Protection is the desire to savea person from danger.
- Defending the Brest Fortress is one of the first important battles of the Great Patriotic War.
- Chemical protection is vital in this area.
- The defense of the New Zealanders failed the whole game, now the team can only see one-eighth of the final in a dream.
- The primary task of our division is to protect the population from the undesirable effects of natural phenomena.
- In a heated argument, Marina felt the protection of her friends with her back.
- Due to the illness of the applicant, the defense of the doctoral dissertation was postponed to September.
