Secure means safe, protected. Your money is secure in a bank. Supportive friends and family make you feel secure.
Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
Verb
make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!"
Verb
furnish with battens; "batten ships"
Verb
cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
Verb
fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"
Verb
get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"
Verb
assure payment of
Adjective
kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss; "the most protected spot I could find"
Adjective
free from fear or doubt; easy in mind; "secure himself, he went out of his way to help others"
Adjective
free from danger or risk; "secure from harm"; "his fortune was secure"; "made a secure place for himself in his field"
Adjective
not likely to fail or give way; "the lock was secure"; "a secure foundation"; "a secure hold on her wrist"
Adjective S.
financially sound; "a good investment"; "a secure investment"
Adjective S.
able to withstand attack; "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"
a.
Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling
suspicion or distrust; confident.
a.
Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense.
a.
Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having
reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; -- commonly with of; as,
secure of a welcome.
a.
Net exposed to danger; safe; -- applied to persons and
things, and followed by against or from.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to
acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate.
Secure
But thou, secure of soul, unbent with woes.2.
Confidence then bore thee on, secure Either to meet no danger, or to find Matter of glorious trial.4.
Secure
I spread a cloud before the victor's sight, Sustained the vanquished, and secured his flight.2.
It secures its possessor of eternal happiness.3.
Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
Usage Examples
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
And queenly is the state she keeps, In beauty's lofty trust secure.
For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class to secure opportunity and equality.
A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere.
Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
By encouraging conservation, increasing investments in clean, renewable sources of energy, and promoting increased domestic production of oil and gas, we can build a more secure future for our country.
And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms.
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Other Usage ExamplesAs the President reviewed the state of the union and unveiled his second-term agenda, he fell short of adequately explaining how he intends to set America back on the course of fiscal responsibility and secure the fiscal health of the nation.
By giving every American access to quality, affordable health care, they will create a more competitive, a stronger and more secure America!
For President Obama, 'home of the brave' are not just the last words of our national anthem, but also a call to action. This is why the president's policies and our platform include incentives to train and hire our troops returning home. Not only because of our moral responsibility, but because it makes for a stronger, more secure American economy.
However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension.
Guantanamo allows us to secure dangerous detainees without the risk of escape, while at the same time providing us with valuable intelligence information on how best to proceed in the war against terror and prevent future attacks.
Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds.
Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
Congress must take responsibility for a new positive direction - an innovative agenda that will lead to a more secure America. Secure communities, secure economies, and a secure quality of life.
English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science.
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