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security

[ si-kyoor-i-tee ]

noun

plural securities.
  1. freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety.
  2. freedom from care, anxiety, or doubt; well-founded confidence.

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  3. something that secures or makes safe; protection; defense.

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  4. freedom from financial cares or from want:

    The insurance policy gave the family security.

  5. precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, etc.:

    claims that security was lax at the embassy;

    the importance of computer security to prevent hackers from gaining access.

  6. a department or organization responsible for protection or safety:

    He called security when he spotted the intruder.

  7. protection or precautions taken against escape; custody:

    The dangerous criminal was placed under maximum security.

  8. an assurance; guarantee.
  9. Law.
    1. something given or deposited as surety for the fulfillment of a promise or an obligation, the payment of a debt, etc.
    2. one who becomes surety for another.
  10. an evidence of debt or of property, as a bond or a certificate of stock.
  11. Usually securities. stocks and bonds.
  12. Archaic. overconfidence; cockiness.


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or serving as security:

    The company has instituted stricter security measures.

security

/ 蝉瑟藞办箩蕣蓹谤瑟迟瑟 /

noun

  1. the state of being secure
  2. assured freedom from poverty or want

    he needs the security of a permanent job

  3. a person or thing that secures, guarantees, etc
  4. precautions taken to ensure against theft, espionage, etc

    the security in the government offices was not very good

  5. often plural
    1. a certificate of creditorship or property carrying the right to receive interest or dividend, such as shares or bonds
    2. the financial asset represented by such a certificate
  6. the specific asset that a creditor can claim title to in the event of default on an obligation
  7. something given or pledged to secure the fulfilment of a promise or obligation
  8. a person who undertakes to fulfil another person's obligation
  9. the protection of data to ensure that only authorized personnel have access to computer files
  10. archaic.
    carelessness or overconfidence
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 苍辞苍顎却别路肠耻顎价颈路迟测 noun plural nonsecurities
  • 辞顎卾别谤路蝉别路肠耻顎价颈路迟测 noun
  • 蝉别濒蹿顎-蝉别路肠耻顎价颈路迟测 noun
  • 蝉耻产顎却别路肠耻顎价颈路迟测 noun plural subsecurities
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of security1

First recorded in 1400鈥50; late Middle English securytye, securite(e), from Latin 蝉脓肠奴谤颈迟腻蝉; secure, -ity
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with security , also see lull into (false sense of security) .
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Example Sentences

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Indian security forces have used explosives to destroy the properties since last Tuesday's attack on tourists.

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Switching off computer servers used in their online ordering, payment or logistics systems might imply that security teams have isolated that portion as a way the hackers gained entry.

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Rigal and his team make a point of meeting with security and staff before every event to ensure that the ethos of welcoming all is maintained throughout the night.

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Though layoffs had happened in the company before, Foti-Landis said his team was already lean, so losing his security analyst job came as a 鈥渢otal surprise.鈥

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Still, a few weeks after shooting began, Hajjo submitted the first 10 episodes to the censorship board, and the deputy minister, who represented the security agencies, vowed the series would be suspended.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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