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se·cure
(sĭ-kyo͝or′)adj. se·cur·er, se·cur·est
1. Free from danger or attack: a secure fortress.
2. Free from risk of loss; safe: Her papers were secure in the vault.
3. Free from the risk of being intercepted or listened to by unauthorized persons: Only one telephone line in the embassy was secure.
4. Free from fear, anxiety, or doubt: felt secure in his old job.
5.
a. Not likely to fail or give way; stable: a secure stepladder.
b. Firmly fastened: a secure lock.
6. Reliable; dependable: secure investments.
7. Assured; certain: With three goals in the first period they had a secure victory, but somehow they lost.
8. Archaic Careless or overconfident.
tr.v. se·cured, se·cur·ing, se·cures
1. To guard from danger or risk of loss: The troops secured the area before the civilians were allowed to return.
2. To make firm or tight; fasten. See Synonyms at fasten.
3. To make certain; ensure: The speaker could not secure the goodwill of the audience.
4.
a. To guarantee payment of (a loan, for example).
b. To guarantee payment to (a creditor).
5. To get possession of; acquire: secured a job.
6. To capture or confine: They secured the suspect in the squad car.
7. To bring about; effect: secured release of the hostages.
8. To protect or ensure the privacy or secrecy of (a telephone line, for example).
se·cur′a·ble adj.
se·cure′ly adv.
se·cure′ment n.
se·cure′ness n.
se·cur′er n.
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Adv. | 1. | securely - in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger; "she held the child securely" |
2. | securely - in a confident and unselfconscious manner; "he acts very securely in front of the camera" insecurely - in a tentative and self-conscious manner; "she always acts very insecurely in the presence of her father" | |
3. | securely - in a manner free from fear or risk; "the outcome of expansion in the sixties and seventies will be an academic hierarchy securely supported by scholastic selection" insecurely - in a manner involving risk; "our positions here at the university are rather insecurely supported by grant money" | |
4. | securely - in an invulnerable manner; "the agreed line was to involve at several points the withdrawal of French troops from positions which they had quite securely held" |
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Translations
بأمان
bezpečněpevně
örugglega
güvenli bir şekilde
securely
[sɪˈkjʊəlɪ] ADV2. (= safely) → firmemente
he remains securely in power → permanece firmemente afincado en el poder
securely established → firmemente establecido
he remains securely in power → permanece firmemente afincado en el poder
securely established → firmemente establecido
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secure
(siˈkjuə) adjective1. (often with against or from) safe; free from danger, loss etc. Is your house secure against burglary?; He went on holiday, secure in the knowledge that he had done well in the exam.
2. firm, fastened, or fixed. Is that door secure?
3. definite; not likely to be lost. She has had a secure offer of a job; He has a secure job.
verb1. (with against or from (something bad)) to guarantee or make safe. Keep your jewellery in the bank to secure it against theft.
2. to fasten or make firm. He secured the boat with a rope.
seˈcurely adverbseˈcurity noun
the state of being, or making safe, secure, free from danger etc. the security of a happy home; This alarm system will give the factory some security; There has to be tight security at a prison; (also adjective) the security forces; a security guard.
security risk a person considered not safe to be given a job involving knowledge of secrets because he might give secret information to an enemy etc.
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