defense meaning
EN
[dɪˈfɛns] [ˈdiːˌfɛns] [-ɛns] 
US WDefense
- Defense or defence may refer to:
FR défense 
- NounPLdefensesPREdé-
- The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
- An argument in support or justification of something.
- Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
- Department of Defense
- (obsolete) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
- The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Durham is an excellent basketball announcer; he concentrates on the defense and coverages, and he always seems to have one eye on the shot clock, which is so overimportant in the pro game.
- The quarterback picked apart the secondary defense in the first half.
- Other areas over which the US Government has complete jurisdiction and control or has exclusive authority or defense responsibility
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- defense made by the prisoner's counsel did rather aggravate than extenuate his crime. —Addison.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Outside shooting is essential to beating a zone defense.
- The press speculated about whether he would take the stand and testify in his defense.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of defense in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Nouns
- en defenser
- en defenses
- en defenseman
- en defensemen
- en defenseless
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "defense" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.