secure

secure
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verb
1 fix/lock sth firmly
ADVERB
▪ firmly, properly, tightly
PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪

The crates had not been firmly secured to the truck.

▪ with
▪

She secured the boat with a rope.

2 get/achieve sth
ADVERB
▪ easily
▪

Victory was not going to be easily secured.

▪ safely
▪

The police safely secured the release of the youngster.

▪ eventually, finally
▪

After much bargaining, Cheng finally secured the services of a teacher.

▪ thereby
▪

The party won 399 seats, thereby securing a majority in the Assembly.

▪

In 1857, he established his progressive school and thereby secured his place in Japanese history.

VERB + SECURE
▪ be able to, manage to
▪ fail to
▪

They failed to secure the release of the prisoners.

▪ help (to)
PHRASES
▪ an attempt to secure sth, an effort to secure sth
▪ be aimed at securing sth
▪ a chance of securing sth
▪

This could improve your chances of securing employment.

▪ failure to secure sth
▪

the failure to secure public support for the project

▪ in the hope of securing sth (esp. BrE), in hopes of securing sth (AmE)
▪ be successful in securing sth
Secure is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accommodation, ↑acquittal, ↑appointment, ↑approval, ↑backing, ↑border, ↑ceasefire, ↑concession, ↑confession, ↑consent, ↑contract, ↑conviction, ↑cooperation, ↑deal, ↑debt, ↑draw, ↑employment, ↑foothold, ↑freedom, ↑fund, ↑funding, ↑future, ↑homeland, ↑improvement, ↑liberty, ↑livelihood, ↑loan, ↑majority, ↑monopoly, ↑network, ↑nomination, ↑passage, ↑peace, ↑pension, ↑perimeter, ↑permission, ↑permit, ↑place, ↑position, ↑reduction, ↑release, ↑representation, ↑reputation, ↑right, ↑seat, ↑settlement, ↑silver, ↑sponsorship, ↑spot, ↑succession, ↑support, ↑victory, ↑vote
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adj.
VERBS
▪ be, feel
▪ become
▪ make sth
▪ keep sth
▪

It's important to keep your documents secure.

ADVERB
▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.
▪ highly
▪ absolutely, completely, perfectly, totally
▪ enough, sufficiently
▪

I finally felt secure enough in myself to have a child of my own.

▪ economically, financially
PREPOSITION
▪ against
▪

The house has been made secure against intruders.

▪ in
▪

We left, secure in the knowledge that Mason was safe at home with his grandmother.

▪

He dropped the reins on the ground, secure in the knowledge that the horse would remain in place as trained.

PHRASES
▪ safe and secure
▪

She felt safe and secure in his arms.

Secure is used with these nouns: ↑access, ↑accommodation, ↑base, ↑compound, ↑environment, ↑foothold, ↑footing, ↑foundation, ↑future, ↑grip, ↑hold, ↑home, ↑income, ↑position, ↑retirement, ↑storage, ↑tenancy, ↑tenant, ↑tenure, ↑transaction, ↑vault

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