Inflected forms: se·cur·er, se·cur·est 1. Free from danger or attack: a secure fortress.2. Free from risk of loss; safe: Her papers were secure in the vault.3. Free from the risk of being intercepted or listened to by unauthorized persons: Only one telephone line in the embassy was secure.4. Free from fear, anxiety, or doubt. 5a. Not likely to fail or give way; stable: a secure stepladder.b. Firmly fastened: a secure lock.6. Reliable; dependable: secure investments.7. Assured; certain: With three goals in the first period they had a secure victory, but somehow they lost.8.Archaic Careless or overconfident.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: se·cured, se·cur·ing, se·cures 1. To guard from danger or risk of loss: The troops secured the area before the civilians were allowed to return.2. To make firm or tight; fasten. See synonyms at fasten. 3. To make certain; ensure: The speaker could not secure the goodwill of the audience.4a. To guarantee payment of (a loan, for example). b. To guarantee payment to (a creditor). 5. To get possession of; acquire: secured a job.6. To capture or confine: They secured the suspect in the squad car.7. To bring about; effect: secured release of the hostages.8. To protect or ensure the privacy or secrecy of (a telephone line, for example).
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin scrus : s-, without; see s(w)e- in Appendix I + cra, care; see cure.
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