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Meaning of 'secure' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Secure [ a.]
- Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
- Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense.
- Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; -- commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome.
- Net exposed to danger; safe; -- applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from.
2 . Secure [ v. t.]
- To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
- To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure; -- frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage.
- To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship.
- To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate.

Meaning of 'secure' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . secure [ v]
Meaning (1):
- furnish with battens
Example in sentence:
  • batten ships
Meaning (2):
- cause to be firmly attached
Example in sentence:
  • fasten the lock onto the door;
  • she fixed her gaze on the man
Meaning (3):
- get by special effort
Example in sentence:
  • He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
Meaning (4):
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
Example in sentence:
  • plug the hole;
  • stop up the leak
Meaning (5):
- make certain of
Example in sentence:
  • Preparation will guarantee success!;
  • This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us
6 . secure [ a]
Meaning (6):
- not likely to fail or give way
Example in sentence:
  • a secure foundation;
  • a secure hold on her wrist;
  • the lock was secure
Meaning (7):
- free from fear or doubt; easy in mind
Example in sentence:
  • he was secure that nothing will be held against him
Meaning (8):
- free from danger or risk
Example in sentence:
  • his fortune was secure;
  • made a secure place for himself in his field;
  • secure from harm
9 . secure [ s]
Meaning (9):
- financially safe
Example in sentence:
  • a good investment;
  • a secure investment
Meaning (10):
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
Example in sentence:
  • a secure telephone connection;
  • an impregnable fortress;
  • fortifications that made the frontier inviolable

Nearby Words:

secale secancy secant secco secede seceded seceder seceding secern secerned

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