protective
US /prəˈtɛktɪv/
adjective Core · B1 Sản xuất & chất lượng
Definition
intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Workers must wear protective glasses in the production area.
Word Family
Synonyms
- safeguardingmake safe
- preventiveremedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
- defensivean attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
Collocations
- Easy wear protective plastic glovesto have on one's body as clothing or accessory regarding protective plastic gloves
- Medium mandatory protective equipment in factoriesdescribing mandatory protective equipment in factories (the recipient of a mandate)
- Hard enact protective tariffs on imported metalsto enact protective tariffs on imported metals, meaning to order by virtue of superior authority; decree
- Very Hard fiercely protective of proprietary trade secretsdescribing fiercely protective of proprietary trade secrets (in a physically fierce manner)
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.