English Explanatory Dictionary

secure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Free from attack or danger; protected.
  2. Free from the danger of theft; safe.
  3. Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
  4. Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
  5. Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
  6. Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
  7. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
  8. Overconfident; incautious; careless.
  9. Certain to be achieved or gained; assured.
verb
  1. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
  2. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
  3. To fix in place; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
  4. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
  5. To plight or pledge.

Pronunciation

/sɪˈkjʊə(ɹ)/ /sɪˈkjɔː(ɹ)/ /səˈkjʊɹ/ /səˈkjɝ/ /səˈkjɔɹ/ en-us-secure.ogg

Word forms

secure securer more secure securest most secure secuer secures securing secured no-table-tags glossary securedst secureth

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“of persons, free from care, quiet, easy; in a bad sense, careless, reckless; of things, tranquil, also free from danger, safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) + cūra (“care”); see cure. Doublet of sure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”).

Antonyms

insecure

Related words

security

Derived words

biosecure cybersecure food-secure nonsecure securance securely secureness securonomics self-secure supersecure ultrasecure oversecure unsecure countersecure resecure securability securable secure arms securement

Translations

Bulgarian: осигурявам Bulgarian: гарантирам Czech: jistit Czech: zajistit Dutch: verzekeren Esperanto: sekurigi Finnish: turvata Finnish: suojata Finnish: varmistaa Finnish: kiinnittää French: sécuriser German: sichern German: absichern Greek: σιγουρεύω Indonesian: mengamankan Irish: urraigh Italian: garantire Italian: proteggere Italian: mettere al sicuro Italian: assicurare Latin: munio Manx: shickyree Māori: whakangita Māori: tāmau Portuguese: assegurar Spanish: segurar Spanish: asegurar Spanish: segurizar Spanish: securizar Swahili: usalamu
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