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PROTECTIVE definition: 1. giving protection: 2. wanting to protect someone from criticism, hurt, danger, etc. because you…. Learn more.

If someone is protective toward you, they look after you and show a strong desire to keep you safe. He is very protective toward his mother.

Dec 5, 2016 · safeguard implies taking precautionary protective measures against merely possible danger.

1. having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering; protective custody. 2. tending to protect. 3. pertaining to or favoring protectionism.

PROTECTIVE definition: having the quality or function of protecting: protecting. See examples of protective used in a sentence.

PROTECTIVE meaning: 1 : used to protect someone or something giving or meant to give protection; 2 : having or showing a strong desire to protect someone or something from harm often + of

Anything that's protective safeguards or watches out for something (or someone) else. Protective gear keeps you safe from physical injury, and a protective parent cares for and worries about their children.

Factsheet What does the word protective mean? There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the word protective. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

having the quality or function of protecting:[before a noun] wore a protective helmet. tending strongly to protect: She had very protective parents. [be + ~ + of] A mother robin is very protective of her young.