secure
get by special effort
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,214 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,911 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- get by special effort also: procure He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed
- cause to be firmly attached also: fasten, fix fasten the lock onto the doorshe fixed her gaze on the man
- assure payment of
- make certain of also: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for usPreparation will guarantee success!
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug also: plug, stop up plug the holestop up the leak
- furnish with battens also: batten, batten down batten ships
adjective
- free from fear or doubt; easy in mind also: unafraid, untroubled he was secure that nothing will be held against him
- free from danger or risk secure from harmhis fortune was secure
secure in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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A mob determined to secure the fugitive murderer and burn him alive.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best....
The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two · Samuel Johnson · Chapter 1
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Your loyalty will secure you with the Tories, and my Whiggism will protect us with the other faction.
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
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Blanche’s parents were worthy people, whose first consideration was to secure, at any sacrifice, the future well-being of their child.
Man and Wife · Wilkie Collins · Chapter 1
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The angels, even at deathbeds, in order to secure the soul of the dying were obliged to beat the demons.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1