secure
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- adjective
- /sɪˈkjʊr/
- The building is equipped with a secure entrance to prevent unauthorized access.
- safe and secure
- secure facilities
- secure environment
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Watch on YouTubeThe 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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2.0
Kept safe from harm or danger
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3.0
Kept in a locked place so people cannot take it
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7.9
Too strong and well protected for anyone to capture or defeat
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8.0
So strong that no one can attack, defeat, or prove it wrong
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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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8.6
Others cannot attack or harm it
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4.4
Very safe and protected from danger or theft
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7.3
Very safe and hard for anyone to break into or steal from
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5.2
Made to stop burglars from breaking in and stealing things
So secure that it cannot be attacked or proven wrong
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How Secure
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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.