secure
Meaning of secure
verb
- To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
- To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage
- To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship
- To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
to secure an estate
- To plight or pledge.
- Free from attack or danger; protected.
- Free from the danger of theft; safe.
- Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
- Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
- Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
- Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
- Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
secure of a welcome
- Overconfident; incautious; careless.
Information about secure
- The plural form of secure is: secures.
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Hyphenation of secure
se-cure
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- secure is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
secure synonyms
Meaning unafraid:
Meaning protected:
Meaning impregnable:
impregnable, inviolable, strong, unassailable, unattackable
Meaning dependable:
Meaning procure:
Meaning fasten:
Meaning guarantee:
guarantee, ensure, insure, assure
Meaning plug:
Meaning batten:
secure antonyms
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Translation of secure
- French: sûr, fixer, assurer
- Spanish: seguro, segura, adherir, asegurar, sujetar, fijar, garantizar, comprobar, cerciorarse
- Italian: sicuro, assicurare, fissare, attaccare, garantire
- Portuguese: seguro, fixar
Anagrams of secure
Cereus, cereus, ceruse, cesure, Creuse, recuse, rescue
Words that rhyme with secure
cure, architecure, assecure, countersecure, insecure, nonsecure, oversecure, precure, presecure, recure, resecure, sinecure, supersecure, unsecure, faithcure, epicure, manicure, pedicure, Ancure, Moncure, DiagnoCure, pathocure, procure, reprocure, unprocure, aftercure, overcure, descure, discure, fortescure, obscure, reobscure, subobscure, ultraobscure, unobscure, outcure, Bucure, HyCURE
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