I.
verb
1 fix/lock sth firmly
ADVERB
▪ firmly , properly , tightly
PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪
The crates had not been firmly ~d to the truck.
▪ with
▪
She ~d the boat with a rope.
2 get/achieve sth
ADVERB
▪ easily
▪
Victory was not going to be easily ~d.
▪ safely
▪
The police safely ~d the release of the youngster.
▪ eventually , finally
▪
After much bargaining, Cheng finally ~d the services of a teacher.
▪ thereby
▪
The party won 399 seats, thereby securing a majority in the Assembly.
▪
In 1857, he established his progressive school and thereby ~d his place in Japanese history.
VERB + SECURE
▪ be able to , manage to
▪ fail to
▪
They failed to ~ the release of the prisoners.
▪ help (to)
PHRASES
▪ an attempt to ~ sth , an effort to ~ sth
▪ be aimed at securing sth
▪ a chance of securing sth
▪
This could improve your chances of securing employment.
▪ failure to ~ sth
▪
the failure to ~ public support for the project
▪ in the hope of securing sth ( esp. BrE ), in hopes of securing sth ( AmE )
▪ be successful in securing sth
Secure is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ accommodation , ↑ acquittal , ↑ appointment , ↑ approval , ↑ backing , ↑ border , ↑ ceasefire , ↑ concession , ↑ confession , ↑ consent , ↑ contract , ↑ conviction , ↑ cooperation , ↑ deal , ↑ debt , ↑ draw , ↑ employment , ↑ foothold , ↑ freedom , ↑ fund , ↑ funding , ↑ future , ↑ homeland , ↑ improvement , ↑ liberty , ↑ livelihood , ↑ loan , ↑ majority , ↑ monopoly , ↑ network , ↑ nomination , ↑ passage , ↑ peace , ↑ pension , ↑ perimeter , ↑ permission , ↑ permit , ↑ place , ↑ position , ↑ reduction , ↑ release , ↑ representation , ↑ reputation , ↑ right , ↑ seat , ↑ settlement , ↑ silver , ↑ sponsorship , ↑ spot , ↑ succession , ↑ support , ↑ victory , ↑ vote
II.
adj.
VERBS
▪ be , feel
▪ become
▪ make sth
▪ keep sth
▪
It's important to keep your documents ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ highly
▪ absolutely , completely , perfectly , totally
▪ enough , sufficiently
▪
I finally felt ~ enough in myself to have a child of my own.
▪ economically , financially
PREPOSITION
▪ against
▪
The house has been made ~ against intruders.
▪ in
▪
We left, ~ in the knowledge that Mason was safe at home with his grandmother.
▪
He dropped the reins on the ground, ~ in the knowledge that the horse would remain in place as trained.
PHRASES
▪ safe and ~
▪
She felt safe and ~ in his arms.
Secure is used with these nouns: ↑ access , ↑ accommodation , ↑ base , ↑ compound , ↑ environment , ↑ foothold , ↑ footing , ↑ foundation , ↑ future , ↑ grip , ↑ hold , ↑ home , ↑ income , ↑ position , ↑ retirement , ↑ storage , ↑ tenancy , ↑ tenant , ↑ tenure , ↑ transaction , ↑ vault