Definition: 1. Feeling happy and confident about yourself or a particular situation. 2. Get by special effort. 3. Cause to be firmly attached. 4. Assure payment of. 5. Make certain of. 6. Fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug. 7. Furnish with battens. 8. Free from danger or risk. 9. Kept safe or defended from danger or injury or loss. 10. Not likely to fail or give way.
Use 'secure' in a sentence:
1. He secured himself a place at law school.
2. It's much less secure.
3. To be totally secure, you need a piece of hardware that costs about $200.
4. Our airlines still aren't secure, and this is what happens when you're not secure.
5. He passed the rope around the post three times to secure it.
6. Swaddle your newborn baby so that she feels secure.
7. She felt secure and protected when she was with him.
8. She secured 2 000 votes.
9. The windows were secured with locks and bars.
10. Our borders aren't secure.
11. I couldn't remember ever having felt so safe and secure.
12. The team managed to secure a place in the finals.
13. Extra men are needed to secure the camp against attack.
14. The President may have secured some support from the middle classes.
15. All right, we'll secure it, and we'll process here.
16. There is no magic wand to secure a just peace.
17. This is the only effectual way to secure our present and future happiness.
18. We shall make sure our home is as secure as possible from now on.
19. Giving up a secure job seems to be the height of folly.
20. She arrived early to secure a place at the front.
21. So is the Net becoming more secure?
22. Our relationship was now on a more secure footing.
23. The Chinese Foreign Minister was making every effort to secure a peaceful settlement.
24. Our ports aren't secure.
25. The aerial doesn't look very secure to me.
26. She secured the rope firmly to the back of the car.
27. Our objective must be to secure a peace settlement.
28. It was difficult to maintain a secure foothold on the ice.
29. Sheer weight of numbers secured them the victory.
30. I pulled on the rope to see if it was secure.
31. I went to sleep secure in the knowledge that I was not alone in the house.
32. She finished the match, secure in the knowledge that she was through to the next round.
33. Supporters say open source software is more secure, cheaper to buy and maintain and easier to customize.
34. Supporters say open source software is more secure.
35. At last they were able to feel secure about the future.
36. The future of the company looks secure.
37. He was determined to give his family a secure and solid base.
38. Check that all windows and doors have been made as secure as possible.
39. Double-check that the ladder is secure.
40. Check that joints are secure and the wood is sound.
41. This is a secure network.
42. The dug-outs were secure from everything but a direct hit.
43. You could secure it on lay-by.
44. They secured a victory in the face of overwhelming odds.
45. Senior citizens long for a more predictable and secure future.
46. One crucial factor is secure access to land.
47. New technology should provide a secure firewall against hackers.
48. Information must be stored so that it is secure from accidental deletion.
49. Pupils in our schools are taught in a safe, secure environment.
