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Grammar : Noun
Spell : si-kyoor-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈkyʊər ɪ ti



Definition of security

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "condition of being secure," from Latin securitas, from securus "free from care" (see secure). Replacing sikerte (early 15c.), from an earlier borrowing from Latin; earlier in the sense "security" was sikerhede (early 13c.); sikernesse (c.1200).
  • Meaning "something which secures" is from 1580s; "safety of a state, person, etc." is from 1941. Legal sense of "property in bonds" is from mid-15c.; that of "document held by a creditor" is from 1680s. Phrase security blanket in figurative sense is attested from 1966, in reference to the crib blanket carried by the character Linus in the "Peanuts" comic strip (1956).
  • noun safety, protection
  • noun peace of mind
Example sentences :
  • We strive for peace and security, heartened by the changes all around us.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • What security, that your rake will not follow you to the world's end?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • That his land may be fertile and he himself abide in security.
  • Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
  • Unwilling to be disturbed, I readily believed all that lulled me in my security.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • In Evelyn's presence I feel a sense of peace, of security, of home!
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • But I want to know what sort of security there is for the Company's going on.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Their respect for you is of itself a security for his honour to you, if there could be any room for doubt.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Step by step she was luring him away from the security of his human companionship.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • He had a feeling of security that was belied by all his experience with men.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • So certain were they of their security that no outposts were put on guard.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

Synonyms for security

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