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to enhance safety

to enhance safety

1 3.2
Reduce the chance of harm to people or places
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : mejorar la seguridad
  • Regular safety drills are conducted to enhance safety in case of emergencies.
  • designed to enhance safety

Examples

  • The ultimate goal remains to maintain and, whenever possible, enhance safety, performance, and productivity in 24-hour operational settings.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The features that can be incorporated into the design to enhance safety and reduce the number of failures include simple, reliable, redundant systems, and possibly adaptive flight controls that learn in real time.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Thus, the original design was modified to enhance safety.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Pullers have been designed to enhance safety while increasing speed and ease of operation.

    Academic text (1995)
  • All of us clinked wine glasses at the brand new Year's Event and also decided to adopt new actions and enhance safety this year.

    Blog text (7)
  • There is little doubt that the nuclear industry and regulatory agencies will learn and enhance safety protocols and systems as a result of the Japan earthquake and tsunami.

    Blog text (25)
  • Anne Tramposh, vice president of research and development for Advantage Health in Kansas City, Missouri, says in Advance (Ruddock 1992), "Nowadays it's not hard to get management commitment because they've already got good compelling reasons to make changes and enhance safety programs."

    Academic text (1993)
  • New promising developments like the Small Aircraft Transportation System, which will significantly enhance safety and enable a car-like, easy-to-use aircraft, will require novel approaches to interaction so people may harness the high complexity of the underlying automation through an easy-to-handle interface.

    Academic text (2002)
  • CONBRACO DIV., CONBRACO INDUSTRIES INC., MATTHEWS, N.C. Apollo 7K Series full port autodrain ball valves are designed to enhance safety in air tool applications.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The construction company implemented new measures to enhance safety on the job site.

Synonyms

to protect
vsto enhance safety
1.0

To keep someone or something safe from harm

aims to make conditions less likely to cause harm
to take precaution
vsto enhance safety
25 3.6

Do things to avoid harm or danger

aims to lower overall risk through broader changes not only single acts
to keep safe
vsto enhance safety
9 1.8

To protect people or things from danger

focuses on lowering future risk rather than just preventing immediate harm

Antonyms

3.0

To do something that may cause harm or lead to loss

How Safe

to enhance safety
1 3.2
to protect
1.0

Surface Forms

enhance safety infinitive
enhanced safety past participle
enhancing safety present participle
enhances safety third person singular

Morphology

enhance + safety

The meaning 'to improve protection or reduce risk' is directly and compositionally derived from 'enhance' (to improve) + 'safety' (being protected from danger). This verb+noun collocation is literal and common (e.g., 'enhance safety measures'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

The phrase enhance safety creates a clear picture: to enhance is to add or make stronger, so imagine putting extra lights, signs, or guards to raise safety. So, enhance safety means 'to make something safer'.