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📖 Определения и значения для слова secure

📒 to obtain or achieve something, especially when this means using a lot of effort

  • secure something to secure a contract/deal/funding
  • The team managed to secure a place in the finals.
  • The team were unable to secure a victory.

📒 to attach or fasten something so that it does not move

  • secure something to something She secured the rope firmly to the back of the car.
  • secure something He secured the boat with a rope.
  • The tables on board were secured firmly to the floor.

📒 to protect something so that it is safe and difficult to attack or damage

  • secure something against something to secure a property against intruders
  • secure something from something Have you properly secured your computer from viral attack?
  • (figurative) a savings plan that will secure your child’s future

📒 to legally agree to give somebody property or goods that are worth the same amount as the money that you have borrowed from them, if you are unable to pay the money back

  • a loan secured on the house
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