"safeguard" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈseɪfɡɑː(ɹ)d/ Audio: en-us-safeguard.ogg [US] Forms: safeguards [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English savegard, from Middle French sauvegarde, from Old French salve garde, sauve garde, reconstructed as safe + guard. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|savegard}} Middle English savegard, {{der|en|frm|sauvegarde}} Middle French sauvegarde, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{m|fro|salve}} salve, {{m|fro|garde}} garde, {{m|fro|sauve}} sauve, {{m|fro|garde}} garde, {{compound|en|safe|guard}} safe + guard Head templates: {{en-noun}} safeguard (plural safeguards)
  1. Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense. Translations (something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense): защита (zaštita) [feminine] (Bulgarian), охрана (ohrana) [feminine] (Bulgarian), beskyttelse [common-gender] (Danish), værn [neuter] (Danish), suoja (Finnish), დაცვა (dacva) (Georgian), დამცველი (damcveli) (Georgian), Sicherung [feminine] (German), Schutz [masculine] (German), Absicherung [feminine] (German), διασφάλιση (diasfálisi) [feminine] (Greek), εξασφάλιση (exasfálisi) [feminine] (Greek), salvaguardia [feminine] (Italian), tutela [feminine] (Italian), difesa [feminine] (Italian), garanzia [feminine] (Italian), sikring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), salvaguarda [feminine] (Portuguese), гара́нтия (garántija) [feminine] (Russian), poistka (Slovak), ochrana (Slovak), salvaguardia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-safeguard-en-noun-HVWf7FpI Disambiguation of 'something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense': 88 9 1 1
  2. One who, or that which, defends or protects; defence; protection.
    Sense id: en-safeguard-en-noun-E1nnZmkw
  3. A safe-conduct or passport, especially in time of war. Translations (a safe-conduct, especially in time of war): kulkulupa (Finnish), obezbjeđenje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), salvaguardia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-safeguard-en-noun-zpFn1Jn~ Disambiguation of 'a safe-conduct, especially in time of war': 0 0 99 0
  4. (obsolete) The monitor lizard. Tags: obsolete Categories (lifeform): Anguimorph lizards
    Sense id: en-safeguard-en-noun-60OO2AAs Disambiguation of Anguimorph lizards: 4 10 2 67 0 15 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 12 4 53 4 21 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 7 3 60 3 22 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 6 4 56 4 22 3

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈseɪfɡɑː(ɹ)d/ Audio: en-us-safeguard.ogg [US] Forms: safeguards [present, singular, third-person], safeguarding [participle, present], safeguarded [participle, past], safeguarded [past]
Etymology: From Middle English savegard, from Middle French sauvegarde, from Old French salve garde, sauve garde, reconstructed as safe + guard. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|savegard}} Middle English savegard, {{der|en|frm|sauvegarde}} Middle French sauvegarde, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{m|fro|salve}} salve, {{m|fro|garde}} garde, {{m|fro|sauve}} sauve, {{m|fro|garde}} garde, {{compound|en|safe|guard}} safe + guard Head templates: {{en-verb}} safeguard (third-person singular simple present safeguards, present participle safeguarding, simple past and past participle safeguarded)
  1. To protect, to keep safe. Translations (to protect, to keep safe): предпазвам (predpazvam) (Bulgarian), гарантирам (garantiram) (Bulgarian), beskytte (Danish), sikre (Danish), turvata (Finnish), suojata (Finnish), protéger (French), amparar (Galician), protexer (Galician), gardar (Galician), დაცვა (dacva) (Georgian), absichern (note: with gegen) (German), schützen (note: with vor) (German), לְאַבְטֵחַ (le'avtéach) (Hebrew), salvogardar (Ido), salvaguardare (Italian), munio (Latin), praemunio (Latin), സംരക്ഷിക്കുക (saṁrakṣikkuka) (Malayalam), whakahaumaru (Maori), salvaguardar (Portuguese), hat'alliy (Quechua), salvgarda (Romanian), zabezpečiť (Slovak), zabezpečovať (Slovak), salvaguardar (Spanish), resguardar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-safeguard-en-verb-r9q3r7rH Disambiguation of 'to protect, to keep safe': 96 3 1
  2. (UK, Ireland, by extension) To implement safeguarding. Tags: Ireland, UK, broadly
    Sense id: en-safeguard-en-verb-Qcu1jdNI Categories (other): British English, Irish English
  3. To escort safely. Translations (to escort safely): охранявам (ohranjavam) (Bulgarian), suojata (Finnish), turvata (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-safeguard-en-verb-7YrQESPW Disambiguation of 'to escort safely': 1 1 98

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      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "saṁrakṣikkuka",
      "sense": "to protect, to keep safe",
      "word": "സംരക്ഷിക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to protect, to keep safe",
      "word": "whakahaumaru"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to protect, to keep safe",
      "word": "salvaguardar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to protect, to keep safe",
      "word": "hat'alliy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to protect, to keep safe",
      "word": "salvgarda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to protect, to keep safe",
      "word": "zabezpečiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to protect, to keep safe",
      "word": "zabezpečovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to protect, to keep safe",
      "word": "salvaguardar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to protect, to keep safe",
      "word": "resguardar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ohranjavam",
      "sense": "to escort safely",
      "word": "охранявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to escort safely",
      "word": "suojata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to escort safely",
      "word": "turvata"
    }
  ],
  "word": "safeguard"
}

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