noun, verb
noun a fault in sth or in the way it has been made which means that it is not perfect:
a speech defect * a defect in the glass
verb [V] ~ (from sth) (to sth) to leave a political party, country, etc. to join another that is considered to be an enemy:
A number of writers and musicians defected from the Soviet Union to the West in the 1960s. * She defected from the party just days before the election.
defection noun [U,C] ~ (from sth) (to sth):
There have been several defections from the ruling party.
defector noun
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for defect is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does defect appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — defect appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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