Adjective We need to make our network more secure against attacks by hackers. The children were safe and secure in their beds. A safe is provided to keep your valuables secure from …

SECURE meaning: 1. positioned or fixed firmly and correctly and therefore not likely to move, fall, or break: 2…. Learn more.

To protect or ensure the privacy or secrecy of (a telephone line, for example).

If something such as a job or institution is secure, it is safe and reliable, and unlikely to be lost or fail.

free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe. The building was secure, even in an earthquake. He needed a secure hideout. Here in the vault the necklace was secure. …

to lock or fasten against intruders: to secure the doors. to protect from attack by taking cover, by building fortifications, etc.: The regiment secured its position.

There are 23 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word secure, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Secure definition: Free from danger or attack.

Secure means safe, protected. Your money is secure in a bank. Supportive friends and family make you feel secure.

Definition of secure adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.