Defect Past Tense

The past tense of Defect is defected.

1. defect

noun. ['ˈdiːfɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt'] an imperfection in a bodily system.

Rhymes with Defect

• teleconnect
• overprotect
• interconnect
• disrespect
• reinspect
• misdirect
• disinfect
• disconnect
• reconnect
• recollect
• nondirect
• interject
• disaffect
• suspect
• subject
• resurrect
• respect
• reflect
• reelect
• redirect
• project
• neglect
• intersect
• inspect
• indirect
• incorrect
• expect
• deflect
• confect
• unchecked

Sentences with defect

1. Noun, singular or mass
Yet such use may cause a birth defect.

Quotes about defect

1. There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.""And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody.""And yours,"he replied with a smile, "is wilfully to misunderstand them.
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

2. It is a defect of God's humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them.
- Tom Stoppard, Arcadia

2. defect

noun. ['ˈdiːfɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt'] a failing or deficiency.

3. defect

noun. ['ˈdiːfɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt'] an imperfection in an object or machine.

4. defect

noun. ['ˈdiːfɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt'] a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body).

5. defect

verb. ['ˈdiːfɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt'] desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.