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Webster 1828 Edition


Protected

PROTECT'ED

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Covered or defended from injury; preserved in safety.

Definition 2024


protected

protected

English

Adjective

protected (comparative more protected, superlative most protected)

  1. defended
  2. (programming, of a variable, method, etc.) Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program element is accessible to subclasses but not to the program in general.

Antonyms

Hyponyms

  • semi-protected
  • WRP-protected

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Verb

protected

  1. simple past tense and past participle of protect

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