Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to secure
Participle: secured
Gerund: securing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | secure |
| you | secure |
| he;she;it | secures |
| we | secure |
| you | secure |
| they | secure |
Perfect
| I | have secured |
| you | have secured |
| he;she;it | has secured |
| we | have secured |
| you | have secured |
| they | have secured |
Past
| I | secured |
| you | secured |
| he;she;it | secured |
| we | secured |
| you | secured |
| they | secured |
Pluperfect
| I | had secured |
| you | had secured |
| he;she;it | had secured |
| we | had secured |
| you | had secured |
| they | had secured |
Future
| I | will secure |
| you | will secure |
| he;she;it | will secure |
| we | will secure |
| you | will secure |
| they | will secure |
Future Perfect
| I | will have secured |
| you | will have secured |
| he;she;it | will have secured |
| we | will have secured |
| you | will have secured |
| they | will have secured |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | secure |
| you | secure |
| he;she;it | secure |
| we | secure |
| you | secure |
| they | secure |
Perfect
| I | have secured |
| you | have secured |
| he;she;it | have secured |
| we | have secured |
| you | have secured |
| they | have secured |
Imperfect
| I | secured |
| you | secured |
| he;she;it | secured |
| we | secured |
| you | secured |
| they | secured |
Pluperfect
| I | had secured |
| you | had secured |
| he;she;it | had secured |
| we | had secured |
| you | had secured |
| they | had secured |
Conditional
Present
| I | would secure |
| you | would secure |
| he;she;it | would secure |
| we | would secure |
| you | would secure |
| they | would secure |
Perfect
| I | would have secured |
| you | would have secured |
| he;she;it | would have secured |
| we | would have secured |
| you | would have secured |
| they | would have secured |
Imperative
| you | secure |
| we | Let's secure |
| you | secure |
Verbs conjugated like 'secure'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'secure'
recure,
assecure,
becare,
becue,
becurl,
becurse,
cure,
decore,
decurt,
demure,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make or keep a person or object safe from attack
- beshield, beward, brood, cape for, defend, fend, guard, preserve, protect, safeguard, shelter, shield, ward
- to gain possession of something
- accept, acquire, attain, cop, enlist, gain, garner, get, get hold of, get one's hands on, land, lay hands on, lay hold of, obtain, procure, receive, score, snag, take, win
- obtain
- acquire, procure, gain, achieve, grasp, get
- protect
- defend, guard, ensure, safeguard, guarantee, assure
- fasten
- lock, close, tighten, tie, padlock, clinch, bind, adjust
Antonyms
- obtain
- lose, forfeit, sacrifice, forgo
- protect
- endanger, imperil, attack, assail
- fasten
- unfasten, loosen, loose, release
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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”); see cure. Doublet of sure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”).
Sample Sentences
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Before I left New York I made arrangements for securing a passage home in the George Washington packet ship, which was advertised to sail in June: that being the month in which I had determined, if prevented by no accident in the course of my ramblings, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The politeness of the person in authority had secured to me a shelf in a nook near this red curtain, in some degree removed from the great body of sleepers: to which place I retired, with many acknowledgments to him for his attention. I found it, on [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to the deck, with which every gentleman who thought it necessary to cleanse himself (many were superior to this weakness ), fished the dirty water out of the canal, and poured it into a tin basin, secured in like manner. There was also a jack-towel. And, hanging up before a little looking-glass in the bar, in the immediate vicinity of the bread and cheese and biscuits, were a public comb and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] show. A few years since, a young southern gentleman was in Cincinnati, with a favorite servant, who had been his personal attendant from a boy. The young man took advantage of this opportunity to secure his own freedom, and fled to the protection of a Quaker, who was quite noted in affairs of this kind. The owner was exceedingly indignant. He had always treated the slave with such indulgence, and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)