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to resecure

to resecure

6.3
To get something back after you lose it
  • verb
  • /ˌriːsɪˈkjʊr/
translation icon : volver a asegurar
  • The team worked hard to resecure funding after their initial grant expired.

Examples

  • After the contract was canceled, she managed to resecure the partnership with a new proposal.

  • It took several meetings to resecure the client's trust after the misunderstanding.

  • Please resecure the lid on the container.

  • They need to resecure the funding for the project.

  • After the storm, the crew worked hard to resecure the tarps over the tents to prevent further damage.

  • The technician had to resecure the connections after the power outage caused them to come loose.

  • To ensure the safety of the construction site, the supervisor instructed the workers to resecure all the scaffolding.

Antonyms

1.1

Fail to understand or follow what someone says

How Secure

to guarantee
2.8
to resecure
6.3
secure
318 3.2
to ensure
910 2.8

Surface Forms

resecure infinitive
resecurred past
resecurred past participle
resecuring present participle
resecurer third person singular

Morphology

resecure = secure (transparent) = re + secure

This sense is built transparently from 'secure' in the sense 'obtain or arrange' plus 're-' meaning again.

Etymology

Resecure uses re- 'again' plus secure 'to make safe' or 'to get', so it can also mean to get or arrange something again, such as funding, a contract, or a client's trust.