secure
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- secuer (obsolete)
Etymology [edit]
From Latin securus (“of persons, free from care, quiet, easy; in a bad sense, careless, reckless; of things, tranquil, also free from danger, safe, secure”), from se- (“without”) + cura (“care”); see cure.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
secure (comparative securer or more secure, superlative securest or most secure)
- Free from attack or danger; protected.
- Free from the danger of theft; safe.
- Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
- Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
- Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
- Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
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Translations [edit]
free from attack or danger; protected
free from the danger of theft; safe
free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret
free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid
Firm and not likely to fail; stable
Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable
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Verb [edit]
secure (third-person singular simple present secures, present participle securing, simple past and past participle secured)
- To make secure (in all the above senses).
- "[Captain] was able to secure some good photographs of the fortress." (Flight, 1911, p. 766)
Translations [edit]
To make secure
External links [edit]
- secure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- secure in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams [edit]
Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
secure f
- Feminine plural form of securo
Latin [edit]
Noun [edit]
secūre
- ablative singular of secūris
Romanian [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- săcure (archaic)
Etymology [edit]
From Latin secūris, secūrem. Compare Italian scure.
