"protective" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /prɛtɛktɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-protective.wav [UK] Forms: protective [positive], more protective [comparative], most protective [superlative]
Etymology: protect + -ive Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|protect|ive}} protect + -ive Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is protective, it is able to keep something safe.
    Sense id: simple-protective-en-adj--oMuG01d
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ive
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