SECURITY


Meaning of SECURITY in English

noun

1 feeling safe/being free from worry

ADJECTIVE

▪ greater

▪ emotional , psychological

▪ economic , financial

▪ job

▪ energy , food

VERB + SECURITY

▪ have

They have the ~ of a good home.

▪ give (sb) , provide (sb with)

He gave her the emotional ~ she needed.

SECURITY + NOUN

▪ blanket (= an object that a child holds in order to feel safe) ( often figurative )

He clings to her like a ~ blanket.

PHRASES

▪ a false sense of ~

The user will be lulled into a false sense of ~.

▪ a feeling of ~ , a sense of ~

▪ ~ 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-term

VERB + SECURITY

▪ provide (sb with)

▪ ensure , guarantee

▪ protect

a law to protect national ~

▪ beef up ( informal ), improve , increase , strengthen , tighten , tighten up

We need to tighten ~ around the hotel during the president's visit.

▪ compromise , endanger , jeopardize , threaten , undermine

The leaking of state secrets has compromised national ~.

SECURITY + NOUN

▪ apparatus , forces , services

▪ adviser ( esp. AmE ), expert , guard , man , officer , official , personnel , staff

a former national ~ adviser to President Clinton

▪ arrangements , matters , measures , policy , system

▪ issue , situation

▪ concerns , interests

our national ~ interests

▪ risk , threat

▪ breach

▪ check

▪ checkpoint

Soldiers stand at ~ checkpoints.

▪ clearance

He lost his ~ clearance because he failed a lie-detector test.

▪ camera , device , van ( BrE ), video

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ against

The bars are to provide ~ against break-ins.

PHRASES

▪ for ~ reasons

For ~ reasons, passengers are requested not to leave any baggage unattended.

▪ a high level of ~

▪ peace and ~

▪ a threat to ~

3 ( esp. BrE ) when you borrow money

VERB + SECURITY

▪ put up (sth as)

▪ use sth as

▪ hold (sth as) , take (sth as)

PREPOSITION

▪ against the ~ of

The bank will make a loan against the ~ of the lender's house.

▪ as ~

She pledged her necklace as ~ for a loan.

▪ ~ for

4 securities financial documents

ADJECTIVE

▪ 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-term

VERB + SECURITIES

▪ issue

▪ buy , purchase

▪ sell

▪ trade

SECURITIES + NOUN

▪ company , firm

Wall Street securities firms

▪ market

the faltering securities market

▪ broker , lawyer

a securities lawyer with Tinson and Zelkins

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .