What does guard against mean?

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

guard against

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English

Scrabble Score

Letters

Syllables

Unique Chars

verb

Transitive verb

guards against (present, singular) guarding against (participle, present) guarded against (participle, past) guarded against (past)

What does guard against mean?: To prevent something unpleasant from happening.

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “guard against”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “guard against”.
Repeat and practice — Say “guard against” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.