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secure

  • adjective
  • se·cure
  • /sɪˈkjʊə(ɹ)/

Free from attack or danger; protected.

Other meanings

  1. Free from the danger of theft; safe.

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

Related words

  • biosecure
  • cybersecure
  • nonsecure
  • oversecure
  • secureness
  • securonomics
  • self-secure
  • supersecure
  • ultrasecure
  • unsecure
  • securance
  • securely

Example sentences

  • “Data integrity keeps society secure.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Latin "sēcūrus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “secure” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.