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defense
English
Alternative forms
- defence (British)
Etymology
From French défense, itself from Late Latin d?fensa (“protection”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /d??f?ns/
- (sports): (US, often) IPA(key): /?di??f?ns/
- Rhymes: -?ns
Noun
defense (countable and uncountable, plural defenses) (American spelling)
- The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
- (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- (law, by extension) The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
- (law, by extension) The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
- (government, military) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- Department of Defense
- (obsolete) A prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:defense
Antonyms
- offense
Derived terms
Translations
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /de??fen.se/, [d?e??f??s??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de?fen.se/, [d???f?ns?]
Participle
d?f?nse
- vocative masculine singular of d?f?nsus
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de?fense/, [d?e?f?n.se]
Verb
defense
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of defensar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of defensar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of defensar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of defensar.
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certainty
English
Etymology
From Middle English certeynte (“surety”), from Anglo-Norman certeinte, from Old French certeinete, from Vulgar Latin *cert?nit?s, from Latin certus.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?tn?ti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s??tn?ti/
- Hyphenation: cer?tain?ty
Noun
certainty (countable and uncountable, plural certainties)
- The state of being certain.
- Synonyms: certitude, sureness
- Antonyms: doubt, uncertainty
- October 12, 1786, Fisher Ames, "Lucius Junius Brutus", in Independent Chronicle
- The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes.
- An instance of being certain.
- A fact or truth unquestionably established.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sure thing
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.
- 1824, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations Volume 1
- Certainties are uninteresting and sating.
Derived terms
- certainty equivalent
- of a certainty
Related terms
- certain
Translations
Further reading
- certainty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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