- safeguard
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ adequate, effective, proper, sufficient▪
Does the procedure provide adequate safeguards against corruption?
▪ appropriate, necessary▪ added, additional, extra, further▪ inadequate▪ environmental, nuclear▪ constitutional, democratic, legal, proceduralVERB + SAFEGUARD▪ implement, introduce (BrE), put in place▪ provide▪ provide sb with▪ build in, build into sth, include▪Appropriate safeguards would have to be built into the procedures to avoid abuses.
SAFEGUARD + VERB▪ be in place▪The elections will go ahead, provided that adequate safeguards are in place.
PREPOSITION▪ safeguard against▪The credit agreement includes a safeguard against overcharging.
▪ safeguard for▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}Any agreement must provide safeguards for minority rights.
verbADVERB▪ adequately, properly▪This legislation does not adequately safeguard the rights of consumers.
VERB + SAFEGUARD▪ be necessary to▪ help (to)▪ be designed to, be intended to, be meant to, be supposed to▪ take steps toPREPOSITION▪ against▪We must take steps to safeguard our environment against these threats.
▪ from▪Try to safeguard the young plants from frost.
Safeguard is used with these nouns as the object: ↑environment, ↑heritage, ↑information, ↑integrity, ↑interest, ↑job, ↑liberty, ↑privacy, ↑right, ↑viability
Collocations dictionary. 2013.