secure

== English == === Alternative forms === secuer (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“of persons, free from care, quiet, easy; in a bad sense, careless, reckless; of things, tranquil, also free from danger, safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) + cūra (“care”); see cure. Doublet of sure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) (without the pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /sɪˈkjʊə(ɹ)/ (pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /sɪˈkjɔː(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /səˈkjʊɹ/, /səˈkjɝ/, /səˈkjɔɹ/ Hyphenation: se‧cure Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) === Adjective === secure (comparative securer or more secure, superlative securest or most secure) Free from attack or danger; protected. Free from the danger of theft; safe. Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret. Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid. Firm and not likely to fail; stable. Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of. (obsolete) Overconfident; incautious; careless. Certain to be achieved or gained; assured. ==== Antonyms ==== insecure ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === secure (third-person singular simple present secures, present participle securing, simple past and past participle secured) 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 secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage To fix in place; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping. to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly. (transitive, obsolete) To plight or pledge. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “secure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “secure”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Creuse, Rescue, cereus, ceruse, cursee, recuse, rescue, secuer == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /seˈku.re/ Rhymes: -ure Hyphenation: se‧cù‧re === Adjective === secure feminine plural of securo === Anagrams === uscere == Latin == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛˈkuː.rɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [seˈkuː.re] ==== Noun ==== secūre ablative singular of secūris === Etymology 2 === From securus + -ē. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [seːˈkuː.reː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [seˈkuː.re] ==== Adverb ==== sēcūrē (comparative sēcūrius, superlative sēcūrissimē) carelessly fearlessly quietly === References === “secure”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “secure”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “secure”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Alternative forms === săcure — regional === Etymology === Inherited from Latin secūris, secūrem. Compare Italian scure. === Pronunciation === === Noun === secure f (plural securi) axe, hatchet battle axe, halberd ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== topor