secure
/si'kjuə/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Safe from danger or risk: Protected against harm, loss, or attack.
- Firmly fixed or attached: Not likely to fail, give way, or become loose.
- Financially sound or stable: Reliable and not likely to fail, especially regarding investments or employment.
- Free from fear, doubt, or anxiety: Feeling confident and certain.
Verb:
- To make something safe or protect it: To take measures to guard against danger or risk.
- To fasten or attach something firmly: To fix something in place so it cannot move or be removed.
- To obtain or achieve something, especially with effort: To succeed in getting something desired.
- To guarantee or ensure payment or an outcome: To make something certain to happen.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- The building has a secure entrance with multiple locks. (The entrance is safe and protected.)
- Make sure the ladder is secure before climbing. (Make sure the ladder is firmly fixed and stable.)
- He has a secure job in the public sector. (He has a stable, reliable job.)
- She felt secure in her decision. (She felt confident and free from doubt about her decision.)
Verb:
- The company must secure its data from hackers. (The company must protect its data.)
- Please secure the boat to the dock with a strong rope. (Please fasten the boat firmly to the dock.)
- After months of negotiation, they managed to secure the contract. (They succeeded in obtaining the contract.)
- A deposit secures the booking. (A deposit guarantees the reservation.)
Advanced Usage
- "Secure in the knowledge that...": Feeling confident because you know something is true.
- He left, secure in the knowledge that his family was safe.
- "Secure against/from something": Protected from a specific threat.
- The system is designed to be secure from cyberattacks.
Variants and Related Words
- Security (n): The state of being secure; safety; or measures taken to ensure safety.
- National security is a top priority.
- Securely (adv): In a secure manner.
- The package was securely wrapped.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Safe, protected, stable, firm, certain, confident.
- Verb: Fasten, attach, fix, obtain, acquire, guarantee, ensure, protect, safeguard.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Secure against/from: To protect something from a specific danger.
- The vault is secured against theft.
- Secure for: To obtain or arrange something for someone.
- He secured a loan for his business.
Related Idioms
- A secure footing: A firm and stable position, either physically or in a situation.
- The new policy gave the economy a more secure footing.
- To be on secure ground: To be in a position where one's facts or situation are safe and reliable.
- When discussing the law, make sure you are on secure ground.
Adjective
- financially sound
- a good investment
- a secure investment
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- an impregnable fortress
- fortifications that made the frontier inviolable
- a secure telephone connection
- not likely to fail or give way
- the lock was secure
- a secure foundation
- a secure hold on her wrist
- free from danger or risk
- secure from harm
- his fortune was secure
- made a secure place for himself in his field
- free from fear or doubt; easy in mind
- he was secure that nothing will be held against him
Verb
- furnish with battens
- batten ships
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
- plug the hole
- stop up the leak
- make certain of
- This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us
- Preparation will guarantee success!
- assure payment of
- cause to be firmly attached
- fasten the lock onto the door
- she fixed her gaze on the man
- get by special effort
- He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed