Meaning of secure in English

Care was taken to secure the crash site as a crime scene to preserve evidence.
It's less easy to secure an area that is away from public view.
Strenuous efforts were made to secure the area before the Prince's arrival.
We must, as a matter of priority, secure the building in the light of recent developments.
He was hoping to raise enough cash to secure his family's future.

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Defending and protecting

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secure verb (FINANCE)

[ T ]

to make certain that money that has been lent will be paid back, by giving the person who lends the money the right to own property belonging to the person who borrows it, if the money is not paid back:

a secured loan

Her bank loan is secured against/by/on her house.

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Borrowing & lending

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secure verb (FIX)

[ T ]

to fasten one object firmly to another:

The gate won't stay open, so we'll have to secure it to that post.

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Fastening and tying

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(Definition of secure from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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secure

adjective

/sɪˈkjʊər/

secure adjective (FREE FROM RISK)

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free from risk and the threat of change for the worse:

a secure job

People want to feel secure economically.

The museum has a large endowment, so its future is relatively secure.

Secure can also mean confident and free from worry:

Children need to feel secure in order to do well at school.

secure adjective (FREE FROM DANGER)

free from danger or the threat of harm or unwanted access; safe:

Troops were sent to make the border secure.

He questioned whether the government’s computer database was secure from hackers.

For some time after the robbery we could not feel secure, even in our own home.

secure adjective (FIXED)

fixed, fastened, or locked into a position that prevents movement:

That ladder doesn’t look very secure to me.

Just check that the door is secure – the lock doesn’t always work.

secure

verb [ T ]

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secure verb [T] (OBTAIN)

to obtain something, sometimes with difficulty:

She managed to secure a loan from the bank.

secure verb [T] (FASTEN)

to fasten something firmly:

Secure the boat to the dock.

secure verb [T] (MAKE SAFE)

to make sure something is protected from danger or threat:

The wall was originally built to secure the town from attack.

(Definition of secure from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

secure | Business English

secure

verb [ T ]

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to manage to get money or achieve something, often something difficult:

secure financing/a loan/a grant They hope to secure a $500,000 federal grant to cover some of the development costs.

secure a deal/contract/commitment

secure a win/victory

The Chinese bank secured $3.5 billion in offers within the first few days of its flotation.

FINANCE

to borrow money from a person or organization by agreeing that they can have your property or assets if you cannot pay it back:

secure sth against/on sth The extra debt will be raised by selling bonds secured on the hotel and restaurant assets.

He had used the boat as collateral to secure a $10,000 loan.

to protect something from risk or threat:

This investment is a good way of securing your family's financial future.

Cost savings will help secure jobs by improving competitiveness.

Police were quick to secure the area when they received the warning of a terrorist attack.

secure

adjective

/sɪˈkjʊər/ us

if someone's future, investment, or job is secure, they feel confident that it will continue and not fail or be lost:

Although the high returns of recent years cannot continue indefinitely, many still see property as a secure investment.

Executives reassured existing employees that their jobs are secure.

safe and protected from the risk of an attack or crime:

The latest technology allows customers to make secure online transactions.

a secure line/network/site

a secure area/building

(Definition of secure from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of secure

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He gathers resources - rents a house for and sees to the physical needs of his future band, and secures space for training and rehearsal.

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Finally, securing access to stairs and the outdoors with locks and gates should be done to prevent wandering of walking infants.

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In doing so, he secured essentially maritime objectives by diplomatic means.

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Such arrangements are thought to provide the best means of securing members' interests.

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Free elections and accountability of the government to the electorate have been introduced before the institutions of a modern state are fully secured.

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If, by great permanent establishments, all these objects of expence are better secured ..., are they worse than if the same tastes prevailed in scattered individuals ?

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He also most generously assisted the author in securing copies of a number of the sources cited in this paper.

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Thus, the federal executive was prevented from securing favourable political conditions in several key states before the election took place.

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At the convention he secured provisions important to his constituents.

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In this sense it was certainly welcome to producers and researchers, since it secured the public standing of the object they dealt with.

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The presence of an environment and an attitude supporting cost containment may be the critical factor for securing cost-effective practice behavior among physicians.

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As a result, vast financial resources were increasingly secured and redeployed to construct military and naval machines of unprecedented size, complexity, and cost.

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Despite perturbations of the plant process, which do not occur in the model, a satisfactory control performance still is secured.

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Until 1980, securing a seat was simply a question of receiving the necessary number of individual votes.

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Veterans, represented by a powerful new ministry, secured most-favoured status within the post-war state.

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What is the pronunciation of secure?

Translations of secure

in Chinese (Traditional)

固定的, 牢靠的, 牢固的…

Meaning of secure in English

secure adjective (FIXED)

secure adjective (PROTECTED)

secure adjective (CONFIDENT)

secure verb (GET)

secure verb (PROTECT)

secure verb (FINANCE)

secure verb (FIX)

secure | American Dictionary

secure adjective (FREE FROM RISK)

secure adjective (FREE FROM DANGER)

secure adjective (FIXED)

secure verb [T] (OBTAIN)

secure verb [T] (FASTEN)

secure verb [T] (MAKE SAFE)

secure | Business English

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