Engelsk ordbog
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Engelsk navneord: 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. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, defensive measure | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | action, military action | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | 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 emneområde | 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. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | 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. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, defending team | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | squad, team | ||
| Overordnet emneområde | athletics, sport | ||
| Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | offence, offense | ||
| 4. | defense (om kommunikation) the justification for some act or belief | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He offered a persuasive defense of the theory. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, vindication | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | justification | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | alibi, alibi, apologia, apology, exculpation, excuse, self-justification | ||
| 5. | defense (om proces) (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defense reaction | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | process, psychoanalytic process, unconscious process | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | compensation, conversion, denial, displacement, idealisation, idealization, intellectualisation, intellectualization, isolation, projection, rationalisation, rationalization, reaction formation, regression, repression | ||
| Overordnet emneområde | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | ||
| 6. | Defense (om gruppe) the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | Defense Department, Department of Defense, DoD, United States Department of Defense | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | executive department | ||
| Omfatter disse specifikke termer | 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. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, defense lawyers, defense team | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection | ||
| Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | prosecution | ||
| 8. | defense (om kommunikation) 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. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, refutation | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | answer | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | 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. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, defence force, defense force | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | organisation, organization | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | bastion | ||
| 10. | defense (om genstand) a structure used to defend against attack | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The artillery battered down the defenses. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, defensive structure | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | construction, structure | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | 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. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence, demurrer, denial | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | due process, due process of law | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | entrapment | ||
| Omfatter disse overordnede termer | trial | ||
| Overordnet emneområde | jurisprudence, law | ||
| Termer med modsat 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. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | defence | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | protection | ||
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