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defensive adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com Oxford logo Toggle navigation Redeem Upgrade Help Sign in Dictionaries Dictionaries home English American English Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammar home Practical English Usage Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta) Word Lists Word Lists home My Word Lists Topics Recent additions Resources Resources home Text Checker Sign in Dictionaries Dictionaries home English American English Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammar home Practical English Usage Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta) Word Lists Word Lists home My Word Lists Topics Recent additions Resources Resources home Text Checker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English American English Academic English Collocations Practical English Usage German-English English-German English American English Enter search text Definition of defensive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary defensive adjective /dɪˈfensɪv/ /dɪˈfensɪv/ jump to other results protecting somebody/something against attack As a defensive measure he built a series of coastal forts and watchtowers. These are purely defensive measures. Troops took up a defensive position around the town. compare offensive Oxford Collocations Dictionary verbs be adverb purely essentially largely … See full entry Definitions on the go Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app. behaving in a way that shows that you feel that people are criticizing you Don't ask him about his plans—he just gets defensive. He is extremely defensive about his work. Her manner was oddly defensive, as he hadn't intended any criticism at all. Whenever anyone mentions women's rights, he gets rather defensive. Oxford Collocations Dictionary verbs be feel look … adverb extremely fairly very … preposition about See full entry ( sport ) connected with trying to prevent the other team or player from scoring points or goals defensive play a largely defensive campaign compare offensive Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French défensif , -ive , from medieval Latin defensivus , from Latin defens- ‘warded off’, from the verb defendere , from de- ‘off’ + -fendere ‘to strike’. See defensive in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary See defensive in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English Check pronunciation: defensive Other results All matches defensive noun defensive line noun defensive medicine noun defensive lines on/onto the defensive Idioms on/onto the defensive Nearby words defenseman noun defensible adjective defensive adjective defensive noun defensive line noun elapse verb From the Topic Time C2 Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day