defence

/dɪˈfɛns/

意味: 防衛、守り（英式綴り）

例文: Kai prepared a defence for Lena’s theory.
　　  カイはレナの理論を守るための反論を用意した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: national defence(国防), self-defence(自己防衛), legal defence(法的防御)

定義: 防御や守ることを指します。攻撃から身を守るための行動や手段を意味します。スポーツでは、相手の得点を防ぐための戦術やプレイヤーの役割を指すこともあります。法律では、訴えに対して自分を守るための主張や証拠を示すことを意味します。

defenceは約30,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Noun: (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
Noun: the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
Noun: an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
Noun: the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
Noun: the justification for some act or belief
Noun: a structure used to defend against attack
Noun: a defendant’s answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
Noun: (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies
Noun: protection from harm
Noun: the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The team improved their defence after the last match.(チームは前の試合後に守備を強化した。)
She studied defence strategies for the debate competition.(彼女は討論大会の防御戦略を勉強した。)
A strong defence is crucial in any sports game.(どんなスポーツでも強い守備が重要だ。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: his teams are always good on defense
Noun: the defense called for a mistrial
Noun: he joined the defense against invasion
Noun: his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive
Noun: in defense he said the other man started it
Noun: he offered a persuasive defense of the theory
Noun: the artillery battered down the defenses
Noun: he gave evidence for the defense
Noun: they died in the defense of Stalingrad
Noun: they were developed for the defense program
Noun: sanitation is the best defense against disease
Noun: a good boxer needs a good defense
Noun: defense against hurricanes is an urgent problem

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): defence, defence force, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defending team, defense, defense force, defense lawyers, defense mechanism, defense reaction, defense team, defensive measure, defensive structure, demurrer, denial, refutation, vindication

Antonyms(反意語): offence, offense, prosecution

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): answer, collection, due process, justification, military action, organization, process, protection, psychoanalytic process, structure, team

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): a-team, adhocracy, affiliate, agglomeration, air cover, airdock, alliance, altar, amphibious landing, ana, arcade, arch, area, armamentarium, art collection, asia, association, assortment, aviation, backlog, balance, balcony, bascule, baseball team, basketball team, batch, battery, battle, biota, block, blockade, blue, boarding, body, book, bottle collection, bridge, building, building complex, bunch, bureaucracy, care, catchment, cause, central america, civil defense, class, coil, coin collection, collage, colonnade, column, combination, company, condensation, congregation, content, convoy, corner, corpus, covering, crew, crop, cross, data, deathtrap, defense, defense mechanism, defensive structure, deputation, door, electronic warfare, ensemble, entablature, enterprise, erection, escort, establishment, europe, eviction, exhibition, false bottom, fauna, federation, fiefdom, findings, fire brigade, flagging, fleet, flinders, floor, flying squad, football team, force, fountain, free world, galaxy, generally accepted accounting principles, gimmickry, girl scouts, grey, guide, hand, herbarium, hierarchy, hit parade, hit squad, hockey team, honeycomb, host, house of cards, housing, hull, immunization, inoculating, institution, insulation, job lot, judaica, judgment, jungle gym, junior varsity, kludge, lamination, landing, law, library, line of defense, line organization, little-league team, locking, long suit, lookout, machine, mail, major-league team, masonry, mass, memorial, menagerie, minor-league team, momism, mound, musical organization, mythology, nongovernmental organization, north america, nuclear club, obstruction, offense, oort cloud, pack, package, pantheon, partition, party, patrol, peace corps, petting zoo, pharmacopoeia, pile, planting, platform, plea, police action, police squad, polity, pool, population, porch, post and lintel, powerhouse, prefab, presentment, preservation, proceeding, procession, professional organization, projection, prosecution, public works, quango, refutation, repertoire, repertory, resistance, rogue’s gallery, ruggedization, saber rattling, sail, second string, section, self-defense, set, set-back, shelter, shielding, shoebox, signage, signboard, sleep talking, smithereens, sortie, south america, stadium, stamp collection, statuary, string, sum, superstructure, supporting structure, tammany hall, tenantry, third world, tower, traffic, transept, treasure, treasure trove, trestlework, trinketry, troponymy, union, unit, urim and thummim, varsity, vaulting, vegetation, victoriana, war, wardrobe, waterproofing, ways, wellhead, wind tunnel

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): air defense, alibi, apology, bastion, biological defense, biological warfare defense, chemical defense, cheval-de-frise, compensation, confutation, conversion, deliberate defense, denial, displacement, entrapment, excuse, fortification, fortress, hasty defense, idealization, intellectualization, isolation, line of defense, mining, outwork, projection, rationalization, reaction formation, rebuttal, regression, repression, stand, stronghold, umbrella

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: defend, deny, refute, vindicate

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): de

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