secure

secure
se·cure [sɪʼkjʊəʳ, Am -ʼkjʊr] adj <-r, -st or more \secure, the most \secure>
1)
(certain, permanent) sicher;
\secure job sicherer Arbeitsplatz;
financially \secure finanziell abgesichert
2) usu pred (safe, confident) sicher;
to feel \secure sich akk sicher [o geborgen] fühlen
3) (safely guarded) bewacht;
(safe against interception) abhörsicher;
\secure against theft diebstahlsicher;
\secure mental hospital/unit geschlossene psychiatrische Klinik/Abteilung;
to be \secure against [or from] sth vor etw dat sicher sein;
to make sth \secure against attack etw gegen Angriffe sichern
4) usu pred (fixed in position) fest; door fest verschlossen;
check that the door is \secure schau nach, ob die Tür auch wirklich zu ist;
to make a boat \secure ein Boot festmachen vt
1) (obtain)
to \secure sth sich dat etw sichern, etw garantieren;
to \secure sth for sb [or sb sth] jdm etw sichern; job, order jdm etw verschaffen
2) (make safe)
to \secure sth etw [ab]sichern;
to \secure one's future/position (fig) seine Zukunft/Position absichern;
to \secure sb/sth against [or from] sth jdn/etw vor etw dat schützen
3) (fasten)
to \secure sth [to sth] etw [an etw dat] befestigen [o festmachen];
to \secure a door/a window eine Tür/ein Fenster fest schließen
4) (guarantee repayment of)
to \secure sth etw absichern;
to \secure a loan für einen Kredit Sicherheit stellen;
to \secure a loan against [or on] sth einen Kredit durch etw akk abdecken

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