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defensive (noun)

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  • defensive — Ⅰ. defensive UK US /dɪˈfensɪv/ adjective ► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET an investment that is defensive is very safe, with little or no risk, and its value does not change very much over a period of time: »a defensive share/stock ► trying to protect… …   Financial and business terms

  • defensive merger — ➔ merger * * * defensive merger UK US noun [C] FINANCE ► a situation in which one company joins with a second company in order to avoid a third company taking control of it: »The takeover bid has forced them into a defensive merger with their… …   Financial and business terms

  • defensive attitude — noun an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase on the defensive ) • Syn: ↑defensive • Derivationally related forms: ↑defensive (for: ↑defensive) • Hypernyms: ↑attitude, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • defensive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) used or intended to defend or protect. 2) very anxious to challenge or avoid criticism. ● on the defensive Cf. ↑on the defensive DERIVATIVES defensively adverb defensiveness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • defensive tackle — noun Any of a few defensive positions in the middle of the defensive line …   Wiktionary

  • defensive back — noun Collective term for the defensive players who are in position farthest from the ball at the start of a play and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes. Includes cornerbacks and safeties in both codes, and defensive… …   Wiktionary

  • defensive medicine — noun : the practice of ordering medical tests, procedures, or consultations of doubtful clinical value in order to protect the prescribing physician from malpractice suits * * * the practice by a physician of ordering many tests or consultations… …   Useful english dictionary

  • defensive indifference — noun An official scoring judgement in which a runner is not credited with a stolen base because the team playing the field did not try to stop the steal. This typically occurs late in a game when the fielding team is winning. The play was scored… …   Wiktionary

  • defensive halfback — noun A defensive back whose primary jobs are to cover the slotback on passing plays and prevent running plays from going to the outside …   Wiktionary

  • defensive midfielder — noun A midfield player who specialises more in defensive duties …   Wiktionary

  • defensive — c.1400 (adj. and noun), from Fr. défensif (14c.), from M.L. defensivus, from defens , pp. stem of L. defendere (see DEFEND (Cf. defend)). Of persons, alert to reject criticism, from 1919. Related: Defensively; defensiveness …   Etymology dictionary

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