- security
- noun1 feeling safe/being free from worryADJECTIVE▪ greater▪ emotional, psychological▪ economic, financial▪ job▪ energy, foodVERB + SECURITY▪ have▪
They have the security of a good home.
▪ give (sb), provide (sb with)▪He gave her the emotional security she needed.
SECURITY + NOUN▪ blanket (= an object that a child holds in order to feel safe) (often figurative)▪He clings to her like a security blanket.
PHRASES▪ a false sense of security▪The user will be lulled into a false sense of security.
▪ a feeling of security, a sense of security▪ security of tenure (law, esp. BrE)2 to protect sb/sth from thieves, attack, war, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ heightened▪ strict, tight▪ lax▪ collective▪ domestic (esp. AmE), homeland (AmE), internal, national, state▪ airline, airport, aviation▪ border, port▪ personal▪ home▪ computer, data, information, Internet, network▪ long-termVERB + SECURITY▪ provide (sb with)▪ ensure, guarantee▪ protect▪a law to protect national security
▪ beef up (informal), improve, increase, strengthen, tighten, tighten up▪We need to tighten security around the hotel during the president's visit.
▪ compromise, endanger, jeopardize, threaten, undermine▪The leaking of state secrets has compromised national security.
SECURITY + NOUN▪ apparatus, forces, services▪ adviser (esp. AmE), expert, guard, man, officer, official, personnel, staff▪a former national security adviser to President Clinton
▪ arrangements, matters, measures, policy, system▪ issue, situation▪ concerns, interests▪our national security interests
▪ risk, threat▪ breach▪ check▪ checkpoint▪Soldiers stand at security checkpoints.
▪ clearance▪He lost his security clearance because he failed a lie-detector test.
▪ camera, device, van (BrE), videoPREPOSITION▪ security against▪The bars are to provide security against break-ins.
PHRASES▪ for security reasons▪For security reasons, passengers are requested not to leave any baggage unattended.
▪ a high level of security▪ peace and security▪ a threat to security3 (esp. BrE) when you borrow moneyVERB + SECURITY▪ put up (sth as)▪ use sth as▪ hold (sth as), take (sth as)PREPOSITION▪ against the security of▪The bank will make a loan against the security of the lender's house.
▪ as security▪She pledged her necklace as security for a loan.
▪ security for4 securities financial documentsADJECTIVE▪ agency (esp. AmE), company, corporate (esp. AmE), government, Treasury (esp. AmE)▪foreign ownership of US government securities
▪ foreign (esp. AmE)▪ gilt-edged (BrE), high-yield, top-rated▪ long-term, short-termVERB + SECURITIES▪ issue▪ buy, purchase▪ sell▪ tradeSECURITIES + NOUN▪ company, firm▪Wall Street securities firms
▪ market▪the faltering securities market
▪ broker, lawyer▪a securities lawyer with Tinson and Zelkins
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
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