The coral reef provides natural protection for coastal communities against storm surges and erosion.
珊瑚礁为沿海社区提供了抵御风暴潮和侵蚀的自然保护。
Immunologist Grace Adebayo claims that a new nasal-spray vaccine provides adequate protection against a common respiratory virus for most healthy adults, citing antibody response data from clinical trials.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
- Careful breeding and habitat protection allowed the population to slowly recover over the following century.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “protection”?
C — The act of keeping someone or something safe. “protection” means the act of keeping someone or something safe.
Which word means “the act of keeping someone or something safe”?
A — protection. “protection” means the act of keeping someone or something safe.
protection — the act of keeping someone or something safe. In Chinese: 保护.
protection is pronounced /prəˈtɛkʃən/.
The coral reef provides natural protection for coastal communities against storm surges and erosion. (珊瑚礁为沿海社区提供了抵御风暴潮和侵蚀的自然保护。)
safeguard, defense, security — all close in meaning to protection (the act of keeping someone or something safe).
exposure, vulnerability — each the opposite of protection (the act of keeping someone or something safe).
Yes. protection is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.