Word a Day
secure
What does secure mean?
secure (verb): get by special effort.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce secure?
/sɪˈkjʊɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does secure come from?
Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“of persons, free from care, quiet, easy; in a bad sense, careless, reckless; of things, tranquil, also free from danger, safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) + cūra (“care”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of secure?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “secure”?
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What does “secure” mean?
to request forcefully
Not quite: that's what demand means.
to instruct or inform
Not quite: that's what tell means.
get by special effort
Right! That's what “secure” means.
cause to go somewhere
Not quite: that's what send means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “secure”?
believe
Not quite: believe means something else.
provide
Not quite: provide means something else.
include
Not quite: include means something else.
procure
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