Engelsk substantiv: defense | |||
1. | defense (om handling) (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | They died in the defense of Stalingrad. They were developed for the defense program. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, defensive measure | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | action, military action | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | air defense, biodefence, biodefense, biological defence, biological defense, biological warfare defence, biological warfare defense, BW defence, BW defense, chemical defence, chemical defense, deliberate defence, deliberate defense, hasty defence, hasty defense, minelaying, mining, stand, umbrella | ||
Overordnet kategori | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
2. | defense (om handling) protection from harm | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Sanitation is the best defense against disease. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | protection | ||
3. | defense (om gruppe) (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | His teams are always good on defense. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, defending team | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | squad, team | ||
Overordnet kategori | athletics, sport | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt betydning (antonymer) | offence, offense | ||
4. | defense (om kommunikasjon) the justification for some act or belief | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He offered a persuasive defense of the theory. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, vindication | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | justification | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | alibi, alibi, apologia, apology, exculpation, excuse, self-justification | ||
5. | defense (om prosess) (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defense reaction | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | process, psychoanalytic process, unconscious process | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | compensation, conversion, denial, displacement, idealisation, idealization, intellectualisation, intellectualization, isolation, projection, rationalisation, rationalization, reaction formation, regression, repression | ||
Overordnet kategori | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | ||
6. | Defense (om gruppe) the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | Defense Department, Department of Defense, DoD, United States Department of Defense | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | executive department | ||
Omfatter disse spesifikke uttrykk | Air Force, Army, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO, Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC, DARPA, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Defense Information Systems Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Technical Information Center, Department of Defense Laboratory System, DIA, DISA, DTIC, LABLINK, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, National Security Agency, Navy, NGA, NRO, NSA, U. S. Air Force, U. S. Army, United States Air Force, United States Army, United States Navy, US Air Force, US Army, US Navy, USA, USAF, USN | ||
7. | defense (om gruppe) the defendant and his legal advisors collectively | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The defense called for a mistrial. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, defense lawyers, defense team | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt betydning (antonymer) | prosecution | ||
8. | defense (om kommunikasjon) the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | His refutation of the charges was short and persuasive. In defense he said the other man started it. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, refutation | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | answer | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | confutation, rebuttal | ||
9. | defense (om gruppe) an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He joined the defense against invasion. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, defence force, defense force | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | organisation, organization | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | bastion | ||
10. | defense (om gjenstand) a structure used to defend against attack | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The artillery battered down the defenses. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, defensive structure | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | construction, structure | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | cheval-de-frise, chevaux-de-frise, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, line of defence, line of defense, munition, outwork, stronghold | ||
11. | defense (om handling) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He gave evidence for the defense. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, demurrer, denial | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | due process, due process of law | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | entrapment | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede uttrykkene | trial | ||
Overordnet kategori | jurisprudence, law | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt betydning (antonymer) | criminal prosecution, prosecution | ||
12. | defense (om handling) the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A good boxer needs a good defense. Defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | protection | ||