Lexic.us

Definition of Protected

1. Adjective. Kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss. "The most protected spot I could find"

Definition of Protected

1. Adjective. defended. ¹

2. Adjective. (computing 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. ¹

3. Verb. (past of protect) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Protected

1. protect [v] - See also: protect

Lexicographical Neighbors of Protected

Literary usage of Protected

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2001)
"Protected species and hunting All threatened species are legally protected, and 10 per cent are strictly protected. Protection measures concern one-third of ..."

2. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"Monitoring of protected areas and biodiversity has improved (eg using ... 3.2 Protected areas Korea has protected approximately 10% of its total area, ..."

3. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"National parks and protected landscape areas National parks and protected landscape areas are categorised as "large specially protected territories". ..."

4. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"revitalising damaged territories, especially in protected areas (SKK 188 ... 1.3 Protected areas Slovakia is rich in biodiversity (Chapters, Section 2.1). ..."

5. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"1.2 Protected areas Protected land area Italy vigorously expanded its network of protected areas in the 1990s. Protected land area doubled over the decade ..."

6. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"Developing a Network of Protected Areas Since 1994 the number of Federal protected natural areas has increased from 100 to 148. New protected natural areas ..."

7. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"The number of protected areas boomed following the transfer to autonomous regions of competence to declare and manage these areas (in the mid- 1980s) and ..."

8. OECD Environmental Performance Reviews by OECD., Lorents G. (FRW) Lorentsen, OECD Staff (2004)
"J. / Protected areas Protected areas in Sweden now total about 50 000 knr. ... Nature reserves, which constitute more than 80% of the protected area, ..."

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