Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to defense
Participle: defensed
Gerund: defensing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | defense |
| you | defense |
| he;she;it | defenses |
| we | defense |
| you | defense |
| they | defense |
Perfect
| I | have defensed |
| you | have defensed |
| he;she;it | has defensed |
| we | have defensed |
| you | have defensed |
| they | have defensed |
Past
| I | defensed |
| you | defensed |
| he;she;it | defensed |
| we | defensed |
| you | defensed |
| they | defensed |
Pluperfect
| I | had defensed |
| you | had defensed |
| he;she;it | had defensed |
| we | had defensed |
| you | had defensed |
| they | had defensed |
Future
| I | will defense |
| you | will defense |
| he;she;it | will defense |
| we | will defense |
| you | will defense |
| they | will defense |
Future Perfect
| I | will have defensed |
| you | will have defensed |
| he;she;it | will have defensed |
| we | will have defensed |
| you | will have defensed |
| they | will have defensed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | defense |
| you | defense |
| he;she;it | defense |
| we | defense |
| you | defense |
| they | defense |
Perfect
| I | have defensed |
| you | have defensed |
| he;she;it | have defensed |
| we | have defensed |
| you | have defensed |
| they | have defensed |
Imperfect
| I | defensed |
| you | defensed |
| he;she;it | defensed |
| we | defensed |
| you | defensed |
| they | defensed |
Pluperfect
| I | had defensed |
| you | had defensed |
| he;she;it | had defensed |
| we | had defensed |
| you | had defensed |
| they | had defensed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would defense |
| you | would defense |
| he;she;it | would defense |
| we | would defense |
| you | would defense |
| they | would defense |
Perfect
| I | would have defensed |
| you | would have defensed |
| he;she;it | would have defensed |
| we | would have defensed |
| you | would have defensed |
| they | would have defensed |
Imperative
| you | defense |
| we | Let's defense |
| you | defense |
Verbs conjugated like 'defense'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'defense'
defease,
defence,
decease,
declense,
defend,
define,
defuse,
delens,
demerse,
recense,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English defens, defense, from Old French defens, defense, from Late Latin dēfēnsa (“protection”). Displaced native Old English bewering. The verb is from the noun.Verbs referencing "defense"
Ido defensar.
Sample Sentences
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In fact, there is an increase in the effectiveness of the Five Cutter Offense when teams put pressure on, instead of sagging or switching in an attempt to defense the attack successfully. [1972, Robert Cimbollek, Basketball’s Percentage Offense, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Publishing Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 114:]
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But the Buffs’ coaching staff made some adjustments in the way they defensed the Heights’ vaunted veer-option offense, and after being bullied around for 271 yards in the first half, yielded only 140 in the second half. [2013 November 16, Brett Marshall, “The Garden City Telegram, Kan., Brett Marshall column”, in McClatchy - Tribune Business News, Tribune Content Agency:]
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“It was most important to start the second half right,” Tennessee coach Donnie Tyndall said. “They dug in and defensed the right way.” [2014 November 28, Associated Press, “Vols beat Santa Clara, face Kansas”, in The Tennessean, page 2:]