"defense" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "defense",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "defenses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The secretary of defense met with the president at the White House."
        },
        {
          "text": "Airplanes attacked the Ministry of Defense in Tehran."
        },
        {
          "text": "Clinton's lawyers will lay out his defense next week."
        },
        {
          "text": "Police officers can only shoot in self defense or to protect another person's life."
        },
        {
          "text": "When he was accused, his friends and even some people who have never met him rushed to his defense."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Defense is the process of protecting."
      ],
      "id": "simple-defense-en-noun-oAqLUMJx",
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Law",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His defense lawyers say that Honecker did not shoot the gun."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a court case, the defense is the person who was accused of a crime together with their lawyer."
      ],
      "id": "simple-defense-en-noun-MAtaJx9Q",
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sports",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I wasn't very satisfied with the play of our offense, but our defense played great."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The defense is the players who are supposed to stop the other team from scoring points."
      ],
      "id": "simple-defense-en-noun-PjFyBxel",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɛˈfɛns/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/diˈfɛns/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdifɛns/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-defence.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "defense"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "defense",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "defenses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The secretary of defense met with the president at the White House."
        },
        {
          "text": "Airplanes attacked the Ministry of Defense in Tehran."
        },
        {
          "text": "Clinton's lawyers will lay out his defense next week."
        },
        {
          "text": "Police officers can only shoot in self defense or to protect another person's life."
        },
        {
          "text": "When he was accused, his friends and even some people who have never met him rushed to his defense."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Defense is the process of protecting."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Law",
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His defense lawyers say that Honecker did not shoot the gun."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a court case, the defense is the person who was accused of a crime together with their lawyer."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Sports",
        "Uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I wasn't very satisfied with the play of our offense, but our defense played great."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The defense is the players who are supposed to stop the other team from scoring points."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable & uncountable",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɛˈfɛns/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/diˈfɛns/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdifɛns/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-defence.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "defense"
}