Definition
Meaning of 'secure'
Meaning of 'secure' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Secure 
[ a.]
- Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling
suspicion or distrust; confident. [ a.]- 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. [ v. t.]- 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]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- furnish with battens
- furnish with battens
Example in sentence:
- batten ships
Meaning (2):
- cause to be firmly attached
- 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
- 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
- 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
- make certain of
Example in sentence:
- Preparation will guarantee success!;
- This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us
2. secure [ a]
[ a]Meaning (6):
- free from fear or doubt; easy in mind
- free from fear or doubt; easy in mind
Example in sentence:
- he was secure that nothing will be held against him
Meaning (7):
- free from danger or risk
- free from danger or risk
Example in sentence:
- his fortune was secure;
- made a secure place for himself in his field;
- secure from harm
Meaning (8):
- not likely to fail or give way
- not likely to fail or give way
Example in sentence:
- a secure foundation;
- a secure hold on her wrist;
- the lock was secure
3. secure [ s]
[ s]Meaning (9):
- financially safe
- financially safe
Example in sentence:
- a good investment;
- a secure investment
Meaning (10):
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
Example in sentence:
- a secure telephone connection;
- an impregnable fortress;
- fortifications that made the frontier inviolable
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