SAFEGUARD


Meaning of SAFEGUARD in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ adequate , effective , proper , sufficient

Does the procedure provide adequate ~s against corruption?

▪ appropriate , necessary

▪ added , additional , extra , further

▪ inadequate

▪ environmental , nuclear

▪ constitutional , democratic , legal , procedural

VERB + SAFEGUARD

▪ implement , introduce ( BrE ), put in place

▪ provide

▪ provide sb with

▪ build in , build into sth , include

Appropriate ~s would have to be built into the procedures to avoid abuses.

SAFEGUARD + VERB

▪ be in place

The elections will go ahead, provided that adequate ~s are in place.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ against

The credit agreement includes a ~ against overcharging.

▪ ~ for

Any agreement must provide ~s for minority rights.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ adequately , properly

This legislation does not adequately ~ the rights of consumers.

VERB + SAFEGUARD

▪ be necessary to

▪ help (to)

▪ be designed to , be intended to , be meant to , be supposed to

▪ take steps to

PREPOSITION

▪ against

We must take steps to ~ our environment against these threats.

▪ from

Try to ~ the young plants from frost.

Safeguard is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ environment , ↑ heritage , ↑ information , ↑ integrity , ↑ interest , ↑ job , ↑ liberty , ↑ privacy , ↑ right , ↑ viability

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .