English- translations for secure

Definition of secure

  • Free from attack or danger; protected
  • Free from the danger of theft; safe
  • Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid
  • Firm and not likely to fail; stable
  • Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with ''of''
  • Overconfident; incautious; careless
  • 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 make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping
  • To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly
  • To plight or pledge

Examples

  • secure of a welcome
  • to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage
  • to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship
  • to secure an estate

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