secure
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3.2
- adjective
- /sɪˈkjʊr/
:
seguro
- The building is equipped with a secure entrance to prevent unauthorized access.
- safe and secure
- secure facilities
- secure environment
The airplane is only as secure as the weakest link.
- The airplane is only as secure as the weakest link.
- Access to a private and secure online community.
- It was like the most secure place you could be.
- Belmarsh is the most secure prison in the country.
- Our focus is on new secure forms of communication.
- Even if your team loses, DraftKings is safe, secure, and reliable.
- Quote, the data does not go down the sewer but up to a secure Internet cloud.
- It seemed like a little secure house does the job.
- So this isn't by any means any sort of secure beyond all imagination.
Examples
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Belmarsh is the most secure prison in the country.
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That has bought me a new and much more secure laptop and a new phone.
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Access to a private and secure online community.
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Our focus is on new secure forms of communication.
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The 2020 election was the most secure election in American history.
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The rest of you stay here and keep this fort secure.
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Sir, when we have more news, I'll call you on a secure phone and get you updated.
Fiction book (1994) -
With the creation of the reservation, the tribe had a secure area in which to settle.
Academic text (1991) -
Use $ internationally to create a more secure, less militarized world.
Academic text (2011) -
Participants deposited their own completed surveys into a secure box at the booth.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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1.0
Not likely to be harmed or in danger
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3.0
Kept in a locked place so people cannot take it
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8.0
So strong that no one can attack, defeat, or prove it wrong
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7.9
Too strong and well protected for anyone to capture or defeat
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8.6
Too important or sacred to be broken
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4.2
Made so people cannot open or change it without leaving a sign
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2.0
Kept safe from harm or danger
Made to stop burglars from breaking in and stealing things
Very safe and protected from danger or theft
Very safe and hard for anyone to break into or steal from
So secure that it cannot be attacked or proven wrong
Others cannot attack or harm it
Antonyms
Idioms
How Secure
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word secure comes from the Latin parts se- 'without' and cura 'care', giving the idea 'without care' or safe. So, to be secure is to be protected and not in danger.