"secure" meaning in English

See secure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /səˈkjʊə(r)/ [UK], /səˈkjʊr/ [US] Audio: en-us-secure.ogg [US] Forms: securer [comparative], securest [superlative], secure [positive], more secure [comparative], most secure [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|secure|securer|securest}} [POS TABLE], {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When something is secure, it is firmly held in place and probably will not fall.
    Sense id: simple-secure-en-adj-iHcVCiHW
  2. When a person is secure, they are not afraid of anything and are in a good emotional state.
    Sense id: simple-secure-en-adj-xtfXR1o4

Verb

IPA: /səˈkjʊə(r)/ [UK], /səˈkjʊr/ [US] Audio: en-us-secure.ogg [US] Forms: secure [canonical], secures [third-person, singular], secured [past], secured [past, participle], securing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|secur|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you secure something, you make it secure in one of the ways listed above.
    Sense id: simple-secure-en-verb-Ow~hCrAU
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