safe

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ bank, hotel, office

▪ wall

VERB + SAFE

▪ open

▪ close, lock

▪ break into, crack

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adj.

VERBS

▪ be, feel, seem

▪ become

▪ keep, remain, stay

▪ make sth, render sth

▪

The army experts made the bomb safe.

▪ keep sth

▪

Keep your money safe by carrying it in an inside pocket.

▪ consider sth, declare sth, deem sth

▪

The water was not considered safe to drink.

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ absolutely, completely, entirely, perfectly, quite, totally

▪

a completely safe and secure environment for young children

▪

The woods are never entirely safe for women on their own.

▪ comparatively, reasonably, relatively

▪ enough

▪

You should be safe enough, but don't go too far.

▪ inherently, intrinsically

▪ environmentally

▪

an environmentally safe form of energy

PREPOSITION

▪ from

▪

They were safe from attack.

▪ with

▪

Your money will be safe with me.

PHRASES

▪ better safe than sorry

▪ play it safe, play safe (BrE)

▪

I decided to play it safe and wore a formal suit.

▪ safe and sound

▪

They returned from their adventure safe and sound.

Safe is used with these nouns: ↑alternative, ↑arrival, ↑assumption, ↑bet, ↑confines, ↑custody, ↑delivery, ↑disposal, ↑distance, ↑driver, ↑driving, ↑drug, ↑environment, ↑ground, ↑guess, ↑harbour, ↑haven, ↑home, ↑house, ↑investment, ↑journey, ↑landing, ↑level, ↑limit, ↑manner, ↑margin, ↑navigation, ↑neighbourhood, ↑passage, ↑place, ↑practice, ↑prediction, ↑refuge, ↑return, ↑road, ↑route, ↑seat, ↑sex, ↑storage, ↑trip, ↑use, ↑vaccine, ↑water, ↑zone