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zone defence

Meaning of "zone defence" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF ZONE DEFENCE

zəʊn dɪˈfens


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ZONE DEFENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Zone defence is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ZONE DEFENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Zone defense

Zone defense is a type of defense, used in team sports, which is the alternative to man-to-man defense; instead of each player guarding a corresponding player on the other team, each defensive player is given an area known as a "zone" to cover. A zone defense can be used in virtually all sports where defensive players guard players on the other team.

Definition of zone defence in the English dictionary

The definition of zone defence in the dictionary is a tactic whereby each player in a team defends a particular area of the pitch or field.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ZONE DEFENCE

defense · everywhence · offense · overintense · pretense · protense · recense · refence · somewhence · ultradense · undersense

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ZONE DEFENCE

zonal soil · zonally · zonary · zonate · zonated · zonation · Zond · Zond 3 · zonda · zone · zone fossil · zone of saturation · zone out · zone refining · zone therapy · zoneless · zoner · zonetime · zoning · zonk

WORDS THAT END LIKE ZONE DEFENCE

at your convenience · chain-link fence · civil defence · criminal offence · defence · electric fence · fence · Ministry of Defence · offence · on the fence · over the fence · perimeter fence · picket fence · post-and-rail fence · rabbit-proof fence · ring fence · ring-fence · self-defence · sit on the fence · take offence · the defence

Synonyms and antonyms of zone defence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «zone defence» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF ZONE DEFENCE

Find out the translation of zone defence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of zone defence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «zone defence» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

区域联防
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

defensa en zona
570 millions of speakers
en

English

zone defence
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

जोन रक्षा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دفاع المنطقة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

зона обороны
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

zona de defesa
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

জোন প্রতিরক্ষা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

défense de zone
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pertahanan zon
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Zonenverteidigung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ゾーンディフェンス
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

지역 방어
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Zona pertahanan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quốc phòng khu vực
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மண்டலம் பாதுகாப்பு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

झोन संरक्षण
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Bölge savunması
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

difesa a zona
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Obrona strefa
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

зона оборони
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

apărare zonă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άμυνα ζώνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sone verdediging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

zon försvar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sone forsvar
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about zone defence

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZONE DEFENCE»

Discover the use of zone defence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to zone defence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Zone Defence
Inspector Costas Haritos of the Athens CID has finally made time for a holiday.
Petros Markaris, 2011
2
Zone Defence
Content Information: This book contains graphic depictions of male/male sexual practices, graphic language and other content that some readers may find objectionable, including infidelity, recreational drug use, and m/s submission.
Leigh Jarrett, 2012
3
Mongrel Punts and Hard Ball Gets: An A-Z of Footy Speak
It's the language of unadulterated love. It's the language of Aussie Rules. This book is an A-Z of everything you wanted to know about footy language - from aerial ping pong and ankle tappers, to yellow submarines and zone defence.
Paula Hunt, Glenn Manton, 2006
4
Coaching Children in Sport
... skills that the player needs to develop (i.e. individual position-specific skill development such as improving their shooting and/or tactical skill development such as improving their decision making in zone defence, etc.). Equally, the coach will ...
Ian Stafford, 2011
5
Soccer Robotics
The cooperative strategies include the robots organizing themselves in formations, engaging in zone defence and continually switching specific roles to achieve their common objective. The intelligent control techniques to carry out some ...
Jong-Hwan Kim, 2004
6
Beginner's guide to basketball
Zone Defence The principles of defence remain the same whatever type of defence is used, but just as there are certain strengths (and weaknesses) in man- to-man defence, so there are in a zone defence and it is the tactical considerations ...
Kerry Mumford, Morris A. Wordsworth, 1974
7
Soviet Air Defence Missiles: Design, Development and Tactics
The Soviets define the PVO phase of the battle as zone defence, zone-point defence, and point defence. Zone defence is provided by long range systems at front level such as the SA-4 'GaneP and the newer SA-1 1 'Gadfly'. These missiles ...
Steve Zaloga, 1989
8
The School. Secondary Edition
to feel that, even though his problem is a difficult one, he is attacking it in the correct manner. The writer has seen several teams adopt the zone defence successfully, not because they were particularly adept at playing it themselves, but ...
‎1937
9
Proceedings of First Joint International Pre-Olympic ...
Of particular importance is thereby (man in the) zone defence or zone coverage, which is used by almost all teams playing at an elevated level of performance. In contrast to man-marking, this more efficient form of organization is very difficult to  ...
Yong Jiang, Arnold Baca, 2008
10
African Defence Journal
Associated with Ferranti (UK) and Diehl (Germany), TBA will be working on the NATO ADW zone defence weapon programme (Italy withdrew from this programme on 15 June). This tripartite (France, Germany, UK) programme involves the ...
‎1990
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Zone defence [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/zone-defence>. May 2024 ».
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