Definitions for secures

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secures se·cure

Spelling: [si-kyoo r]

IPA: /sɪˈkyʊər/

Secures is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 122 anagrams from letters in secures (ceerssu).

Definitions for secures

adjective

1. free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
2. dependable; firm; not liable to fail, yield, become displaced, etc., as a support or a fastening:
3. affording safety, as a place:
4. in safe custody or keeping:
5. free from care; without anxiety:
6. firmly established, as a relationship or reputation:
7. sure; certain; assured:
8. safe from penetration or interception by unauthorized persons:
9. Archaic. overconfident.

verb (used with object)

1. to get hold or possession of; procure; obtain:
2. to free from danger or harm; make safe:
3. to effect; make certain of; ensure:
4. to make firm or fast, as by attaching:
5. Finance. to assure payment of (a debt) by pledging property. to assure (a creditor) of payment by the pledge or mortgaging of property.
6. to lock or fasten against intruders:
7. to protect from attack by taking cover, by building fortifications, etc.:
8. to capture (a person or animal):
9. to tie up (a person), especially by binding the person's arms or hands; pinion.
10. to guarantee the privacy or secrecy of:

verb (used without object)

1. to be or become safe; have or obtain security.
2. Nautical. to cover openings and make movable objects fast: to be excused from duty:

Origin of secures

1525-35; Latin sēcūrus carefree, equivalent to sē- se- + cūr(a) care (see cure) + -us adj. suffix; cf. sure

Examples for secures

He helped me secure the position of assistant in English, and here I am.

But this man must be secure that humility would be an ornament to him.

All laws to secure these ends will receive my best efforts for their enforcement.

I need to resist my urge to talk them into my truth, just so I can feel more comfortable and secure.

Their leader, Njie, still going by “Dave” during the operation, would stay a safe distance away until the State House was secure.

If an increase of power was needed to secure this, they would not fail to ask it.

However, we have just had a necessary wake-up call that all is not as secure as we believed.

I want to bring this to your kind attention with the hope that you will help me secure an unbiased resolution.

Fruitful seasons have done much to secure it, but they have not done all.

If someone wants to ensure a direct and secure connection, no entity, whether a hotel or otherwise, should be able to block it.