secure

«secure» in Mova's school dictionary: safe, protected from danger or harm — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective, verb (secure, secures, secured, securing)

meaning for a pupil

1) Secure means safe, protected from danger or harm. tree →

2) Secure means firmly fixed so it will not move or fall. tree →

3) To secure something is to fix it firmly or to lock it. tree →

4) To secure something is to get it after trying, like secure a place on the team. tree →

5) Feeling secure means feeling safe and not worried. tree →

sense in the lessons

Everyday and safety: a secure password, a secure lock, secure the load on a trailer, feel secure at home. Science and tech: secure websites. In maths stories it is mostly a word of the story; sometimes things used to secure (nails, ropes, screws) give a rate: «4 nails to secure each board».

examples

• He uses 4 nails to secure each board. tree →
• The box is secure. tree →
• They secured 3 more seats. tree →
• How many nails do you need to secure 10 boards? tree →
• Make sure your bike is secure before you leave it. tree →
• Choose a secure password that nobody can guess. tree →
• The climbers secured the rope to a rock. tree →
• The baby felt secure in her father's arms. tree →
• Our class secured first place in the quiz. tree →
• ‘Are you sure it is secure?’ tree →

note

Adjective and verb; past secured. Noun: security. «Secure from» danger. Mostly no clue; «each … to secure» gives a rate: nails = boards × nails per board. Trap: none in sums; in life, «secure» (safe) is not the same as «sure» (certain).

In the corpora

• And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
• Wherefore are all they secure that deal very treacherously?
• And though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the thickets of the Jordan?
• He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; but he that hateth them that strike hands is secure.
• The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are secure as a young lion.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «secure» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.