security

Definition

Examples

Security guards check every visitor's badge at the main entrance.

Word Family

Synonyms

• protectionmeasures taken to guard against injury or financial loss
• safetythe state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
• defense(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

Collocations

• Easy airport security checkpoint
  describing airport security checkpoint (an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo)
• Medium strengthen corporate cybersecurity measures
  to strengthen corporate cybersecurity measures, meaning to make strong or stronger
• Hard pledge real estate as collateral security for debt
  to pledge real estate as collateral security for debt, meaning to promise solemnly and formally
• Very Hard a false sense of security masking catastrophic exposures
  referring to a false sense of security masking catastrophic exposures