secure

Meaning

Adj

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.
8. (obsolete) Overconfident; incautious; careless.
9. Certain to be achieved or gained; assured.

Verb

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 make fast; 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.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To plight or pledge.

Synonyms

safe

fasten

fix

obtain

attach

ensure

protect

sure

get

firm

guarantee

acquire

tie

defend

insure

bind

gain

assure

affix

safeguard

reliable

stable

dependable

determine

procure

make fast

trustworthy

tether

strong

steady

earn

knot

🪢

certain

moor

stick

win

guard

💂

responsible

seal

🦭

tie up

join

assured

unfailing

solid

achieve

believable

ethical

righteous

principled

cover

Translations

sûr

seguro

sicher

asegurar

assurer

seguro

assicurare

obter

adquirir

sichern

zuverlässig

fixer

sicuro

fixeren

obtenir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səˈkjʊə(ɹ)/

Etymology

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”).

Sentences

I’ll run down and secure my guest .

The greatest exertions are required to secure the crop .

Price only barely managed to secure Davis's permission to return to Missouri-minus his troops .