Secure Secured Team Place Unable Extra Examples Firmly

• to secure a contract/deal/funding
• the team managed to secure a place in the finals.
• the team were unable to secure a victory.
• she secured 2 000 votes.

secure

Verb Forms

1. to obtain or achieve something, especially when this means using a lot of effort
• to secure a contract/deal/funding
• The team managed to secure a place in the finals.
• The team were unable to secure a victory.
• She secured 2 000 votes.
• The delegation has secured the promise of a ceasefire.
• A production company secured the film rights to the biography.
• They are contract workers unable to secure a full-time position.
• Retailers will need to pay a higher price in order to secure supplies.
• He secured a place for himself at law school.
• He secured himself a place at law school.

Extra Examples

• The party won 399 seats, thereby securing a majority in the Assembly.
• They failed to secure the release of the prisoners.
• This could improve your chances of securing employment.
• Victory was not going to be easily secured.
• He's just secured a $5 million contract.
2. to attach or fasten something so that it does not move
• She secured the rope firmly to the back of the car.
• He secured the boat with a rope.
• The tables on board were secured firmly to the floor.

Extra Examples

• The crates had not been firmly secured to the truck.
• The rail was secured with bolts.
• Wrap a bandage around the arm and secure it with tape or a pin.
3. to protect something so that it is safe and difficult to attack or damage
• to secure a property against intruders
• Have you properly secured your computer from viral attack?
• a savings plan that will secure your child’s future
• We must all do everything we can to secure our borders.
• The windows were secured with locks and bars.

Extra Examples

• No home can be completely secured against intruders.
• The government has deployed 35 000 troops in an effort to secure the border.
4. to legally agree to give somebody property or goods that are worth the same amount as the money that you have borrowed from them, if you are unable to pay the money back
• a loan secured on the house