secure
To keep something safe from harm or danger.
To take action to protect something from danger, damage, or loss.
To get something you want after working for it.
To succeed in getting or achieving something, often after trying hard.
Safe from danger or harm.
Safe and protected from harm or threat.
To make something stay in one place by fastening it tightly.
To attach or fix something so that it will not move or come loose.
- Base: secure
- Comparative: securer
- Superlative: securest
- Base: secure
- 3rd Person Singular: secures
- Present Participle: securing
- Past: secured
safe and secure
1Completely safe and protected
Completely safe and well-protected from harm or danger.
- The children are safe and secure at home.
- We felt safe and secure during our stay.
secure a foothold
1Establish a stable position
To get a strong position in a new place, situation, or market so you can grow or succeed there.
- The company secured a foothold in Asia last year.
- He secured a foothold in the industry through hard work.
secure the bag
1Get money or success quickly
To get money, success, or a good opportunity, often quickly or cleverly.
- He's working hard this year to secure the bag.
- She secured the bag with that big contract.