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# defect

«defect» in Mova's school dictionary: **a fault or flaw that makes something not work properly or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a defect, defects); verb (defect, defects, defected, defecting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) noun: A defect is a fault or flaw that makes something not work properly or not look right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defect/#m1)

2) noun: A defect can be a problem in a body part that someone is born with, like a heart defect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defect/#m2)

3) verb: To defect means to leave your country, team or side and join the other side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defect/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life shops take back goods with a defect; factories check items for defects. In science and health a defect is a fault in a part. In maths problems you may find the fraction or percentage of items that have defects. Phrases: a defect in, birth defect, speech defect, defect to.

### examples

- The toy was sent back because of a defect in the wheel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defect/#x1)
- Every phone is tested for defects. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defect/#x2)
- Out of 200 bulbs, 4 had defects. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defect/#x3)
- The baby was born with a small heart defect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defect/#x4)
- The spy defected to the other side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defect/#x5)
- A scratch on the screen is a defect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defect/#x6)
- This curl was intended to conceal the blind eye, but it made the defect only more visible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defect/#x7)

### note

Noun stressed DEE-fect; verb stressed de-FECT. Countable noun. Adjective: defective (faulty). A person who defects is a defector. In maths: if 4 out of 200 have a defect, the fraction is 4/200 = 1/50, or 2 percent; the rest are fine.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «defect» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defect/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.