Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Safety is the state of being safe from harm or danger.
The report goes on to make a number of recommendations to improve ~ on aircraft.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you reach ~, you reach a place where you are safe from danger.
He stumbled through smoke and fumes given off from her burning sofa to pull her to ~...
Guests ran for ~ as the device went off in a ground-floor men’s toilet...
The refugees were groping their way through the dark, trying to reach ~.
...the ~ of one’s own home.
N-UNCOUNT: oft prep N
3.
If you are concerned about the ~ of something, you are concerned that it might be harmful or dangerous.
...consumers are showing growing concern about the ~ of the food they buy...
N-SING: with poss
4.
If you are concerned for someone’s ~, you are concerned that they might be in danger.
The two youths today declined to testify because they said they feared for their ~.
N-SING: with poss
5.
Safety features or measures are intended to make something less dangerous.
The built-in ~ device compensates for a fall in water pressure.
ADJ: ADJ n
6.
If you say that there is ~ in numbers, you mean that you are safer doing something if there are a lot of people doing it rather than doing it alone.
Many people still feel there is ~ in numbers when belonging to a union.
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR