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secure.

Free from attack or danger; protected.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/sɪˈkjʊə(ɹ)//sɪˈkjɔː(ɹ)//səˈkjʊɹ/General-American/səˈkjɝ/General-American
  1. Free from attack or danger; protected.

  2. Free from the danger of theft; safe.

  3. Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.

  4. Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.

  5. Firm and not likely to fail; stable.

  6. Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.

  7. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.

    secure of a welcome
  8. Overconfident; incautious; careless.

    obsolete
  9. Certain to be achieved or gained; assured.

    Just when victory seemed secure, they let it slip from their grasp.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“of persons, free from care, quiet, easy; in a bad sense, careless, reckless; of things, tranquil, also free from danger, safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) + cūra (“care”); see cure. Doublet of sure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”).

verb/sɪˈkjʊə(ɹ)//sɪˈkjɔː(ɹ)//səˈkjʊɹ/General-American/səˈkjɝ/General-American
  1. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.

  2. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.

  3. To fix in place; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.

  4. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.

    to secure an estate
    Her achievements have secured her place in the annals of our nation
  5. To plight or pledge.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“of persons, free from care, quiet, easy; in a bad sense, careless, reckless; of things, tranquil, also free from danger, safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) + cūra (“care”); see cure. Doublet of sure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”).

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