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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : si-kyoor |
| Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈkyʊər |
Définition of securing
Origin :- 1530s, "without care, dreading no evil," from Latin securus, of persons, "free from care, quiet, easy," also in a bad sense, "careless, reckless;" of things, "tranquil; free from danger, safe," from *se cura, from se "free from" (see secret (n.)) + cura "care" (see cure (n.)).
- In English, of places, "free from danger, unexposed," from 1580s. Meaning "firmly fixed" (of material things) is from 1841, on notion of "affording grounds for confidence." Of telephones, "not wiretapped," from 1961. Replaced Middle English siker, from Old English sicor, from the Latin word. Related: Securely.
- noun acquiring
- A great debt has been contracted in securing to us and our posterity the Union.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- They were on a peninsula, as it were, while the soldiers were securing the isthmus.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- Having no respect for themselves, they will fail in securing the respect of others.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- Instead of securing her happiness I have brought her to shame in a distant land.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- No knife, no rocket pistol, no line with magnet for securing oneself to a hull.
- Extract from : « Satellite System » by Horace Brown Fyfe
- He means to use it as a means of securing a better organisation of society.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- If she could not go to sleep again, she would at least be securing some repose.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- Married to the general there should be no difficulty in securing passage to America.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- Was he capable of securing any employment by which he could earn bread for his wife?
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- What are the instruments for securing the preponderance of Altruism?
- Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) » by John Morley
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