secure
English
/səˈkjʊə(ɹ)/, /səˈkjʊɹ/
adj
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin securus (safe, easy, careless, reckless, tranquil, quiet, in a bad sense, secure, of things, free from care, of persons, also free from danger).
Origin
Latin
securus
Gloss
safe, easy, careless, reckless, tranquil, quiet, in a bad sense, secure, of things, free from care, of persons, also free from danger
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
静
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisecurity English
- biosecure English
- biosecurity English
- countersecure English
- cryptosecurity English
- cybersecure English
- cybersecurity English
- e-security English
- insecure English
- insecurely English
- insecureness English
- insecurity English
- neurosecurity English
- nonsecure English
- nonsecurity English
- presecurity English
- resecure English
- securability English
- securable English
- securely English
- securement English
- secureness English
- securer English
- secureth English
- securitarian English
- securitize English
- security English
- securitywise English
- securocracy English
- securocrat English
- self-secure English
- selfsecure English
- supersecure English
- ultrasecure English
- ultrasecurity English
- unsecurable English
- unsecure English
- cura Latin
- cūra Latin
- securus Latin
- セキュリティ Japanese
- securite Middle English
- seür Old French
- sekuritas Indonesian
- siguru Sicilian
- seguro Venetian
- securer
- unsecure
- secureth
- securely
- resecure
- security
- insecure
- securable
- nonsecure
- biosecure
- selfsecure
- securocrat
- secureness
- securement
- securitize
- e-security
- insecurity
- insecurely
- cybersecure
- supersecure
- securocracy
- self-secure
- unsecurable
- biosecurity
- nonsecurity
- presecurity
- ultrasecure
- insecureness
- securitywise
- securability
- securitarian
- antisecurity
- neurosecurity
- countersecure
- ultrasecurity
- cybersecurity
- cryptosecurity