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the Defense Department to reduce defense spending

the defense [ singular ] the lawyers who are representing the person who is accused of something in a court of law

The defense presented their case. Look at prosecution ( 2 ).

/ ' difens / [ noncount ] ( sports ) the players on a sports team who try to stop the other team from scoring; the action of these players

He broke through the defense to score a touchdown.

de • fen • sive / di ' fensiv / adjective

that protects someone or something from attack The troops took up a defensive position.

—ANTONYM offensive

showing that you feel someone is criticizing you When she asked why he was late, he got very defensive.

de • fen • sive • ly / di ' fensivli / adverb "It wasn't my idea,"she said defensively.

de • fi • ant / di ' farant / adjective

refusing to do what someone tells you

From the age of fifteen she became more defiant.

de • fi • ance / di 'farans / noun [ noncount ]

As an act of defiance, they played their music too loud. The verb is defy .

def • i • cit / ' def3sit / noun

[count]

( politics ) the amount by which the money you receive is less than the money you have spent a country's budget deficit

de • fied, de • fies

forms of defy

de • fine AWL| / di 'fain / verb ( de • fines , de fin • ing , de • fined )

( english language arts ) to say what a word means How do you define "rich"? The noun is definition .

def • i • nite Ф AWL / ' defэnэt / adjective

Something that is definite is clear, fixed, and unlikely to change

I want a definite answer, "yes" or "no." There has been a definite change in her attitude.

def • i •nite ar • ti • cle / ^эпэ: ' artiki /

noun [ count ]

( english language arts ) in English grammar, the word "the"

—Look at indefinite article .

def • i • nite • ly ® AWL / ' defэnэtli / adverb

certainly

I'll definitely consider your advice. It's definitely the best restaurant in town.

def • i • ni • tion Ф awl / |df 'nijn / noun

[count]

( english language arts ) a group of words that tell you what another word means

de • fin • i • tive А^И / di ' fimtiv / adjective

in a form that is so good that it cannot be improved the definitive guide to New York restaurants

de • for • es • ta • tion / difore ' steijn / noun

[noncount]

( geography ) cutting down trees over a large area

de • formed / di formd / adjective

having a shape that is not normal or natural

de • frost / | di frost / verb ( de • frosts , de • frost • ing , de • frost • ed )

to make food warmer so that it is no longer frozen Defrost the chicken completely before cooking.

to remove the ice from something to defrost the refrigerator

de • fy / di ' fai / verb

( de fies , de • fy • ing , de • fied , has de fied )

If you defy someone or something, you do something that

they say you should not do

She defied her parents and stayed out all night.

de • grade / di' greid / verb ( de grades , de grad • ing , de grad ed )

to make people respect someone less That type of movie really degrades women.

de • grad • ing / di' greidig / adjective

Asking people for money is so degrading.

de .gree Ф /di_gn/ noun

[ count ] ( general science ) a measurement of temperature

Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit (212°F).

[ count ] ( math ) a measurement of angles (= the space between two lines that meet )