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ADJECTIVE safe COMPARATIVE safer SUPERLATIVE safest

safe English

Meaning safe meaning

What does safe mean?

Definitions in simple English

safe Adjective

— Secure or not in danger. I feel safe when I am at home.

safe Noun

— A metal box, often locked with a combination lock, for guarding valuable things. She put her jewelry in the safe.

safe

— adjective free from danger or the risk of harm a safe trip you will be safe here a safe place a safe bet — noun strongbox where valuables can be safely kept — adjective (of an undertaking) secure from risk — adjective having reached a base without being put out the runner was called safe when the baseman dropped the ball — noun a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests — adjective (= good, secure) financially sound a good investment a secure investment — noun (= rubber) contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse

Synonyms safe synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as safe?

safe English » English

secure sure unhurt strongbox unharmed safety reliable harmless intact condom strong box sound prophylactic firm rubber peaceful certain vault uninjured stable dependable coffer chest box trustworthy treasury riskless inoffensive happy cashbox benign without risk well unscathed store-room steady solid scot-free saved risk-free protected not dangerous innocuous immune healthy good dangerless cautious ambry all right

Topics safe topics

What do people use safe to talk about?

Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Save from trouble

What words refer to saving someone from trouble?

save save someone's life rescue (v) come to someone's rescue mount a rescue release come to the aid of preserve life cover defend deliver ensure someone's safety extricate free guard harbor hide insurance insure keep preserve protect ransom recover retrieve safeguard safekeeping safety salvage screen secure someone's safety grant asylum shelter shield spare pick up (a survivor) get someone out of bail out throw someone a lifeline grant safe conduct
What words describe someone who is safe?

safe clear found free guarded immune impregnable intact invulnerable protected secure security sheltered unharmed unhurt unscathed untouched welfare be out of danger at a safe distance be in good hands safe and sound with a whole skin
What words refer to a place where you are safe?

safety place of safety refuge sanctuary shelter safe house safe harbor haven stronghold asylum hideout retreat

Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Trouble

Danger

What words describe something that is not dangerous?

safe harmless out of harm's way

Work and occupation Working with buildings

Building

What kinds of buildings are used to store things?

barn granary grain silo warehouse storehouse safe shed treasury

Work and occupation Finance Have wealth

Examples safe examples

How do I use safe in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The next morning, to our great relief, he returned home safe and sound.

Tom wants Mary to be safe.

Tom will be safe.

I'll put my passport back in the safe.

You won't be safe anywhere.

You'll be safe with me.

All children are safe.

Tom thought it would be safe.

How safe is this part of the city?

Are you sure this is safe to eat?

I don't feel safe.

How safe is this bridge?

Tom says he doesn't feel safe anywhere.

Under Tom's guidance, you are safe.

Your secret will be safe with me.

Nothing great has been achieved by playing it safe.

You are in a safe place.

The papers that were in the safe are gone.

I put money in a safe.

Lock the safe.

Keep the money in a safe place.

The robbers made away with all the money in the safe.

You should keep your valuables in a safe place.

I am glad that you have returned safe.

The bank reassured us that our money was safe.

The bridge is safe; you can drive across.

Put your valuables in the safe.

Movie subtitles

The market is not safe!

Come on, it's not safe.

Yeah, I don't think it's safe for you to be out here.

Just, whatever happened, I don't think it's safe for you to stay out here.

I'm sure she won't be safe in the Underworld.

Safe and sound.

I think you're safe for now, Mrs Antoine.

I think that maybe your mum told you you could only stay in the play street where it's safe.

It's just not safe out there.

I just want to hear he's safe.

You said you would keep me safe.

To a safe place, so you can tell us what the hell is going on in this God forsaken region.

They said I'd be safe once I arrived.

He was the one person I chose in my life who made me happy, who made me feel safe.

This is a safe-conduct.

Not being a machine in the first place, I should be safe. I doubt whatever they have can take root in a cell that can change at will.

Sorry. I was making sure they were safe.

During the witchcraft era it was dangerous to be old and ugly, but it was not safe to be young and pretty either.

Of course, or nobody's safe here.

Honey Girl, it isn't safe to be sitting in a rocking chair, when there are certain persons present.

Well, he's likely to lose his scalp afore he gets there. But once in the villages, he's safe.

Yeah, but she sure unwrapped them when she got on safe footing'.

This quarter isn't safe at night.

We're safe!

You will be safe if Dracula returns.

She'll be safe, all right, because she's going with me.

We could buy EpiPens so the kids who are allergic could be safe.

What happens if it's safe for us, if it becomes safe for us to go home, to break cover?

I don't think it's safe for you to stay out here.

PERFECTLY SAFE.

TO A NEW SAFE ONE. AND IF YOU SIGN.

With me you are safe.

News and current affairs

Indeed, America's current-account position strengthened despite the dollar's appreciation in the face of safe-haven demand.

I said that Pakistan would inevitably follow suit and the world would become less safe.

That makes everyone less safe.

I trust that among the experts will be some who have pondered the underlying ethical question: how safe should we aim to be?

When America was the only safe haven for global investors, this was easy.

But America today appears less safe.

As the dollar weakens, America looks even less safe.

But, rather than earning him the respect of an outraged Egyptian public, revelations in the opposition press that his plane had to obtain a safe passage and authority to land from the Israelis garnered only howls of derision.

Of course, for them and for Israel, this was Hezbollah and the need to eradicate or at a minimum disarm it and force its fighters to a safe distance from settlements and towns in northern Israel.

Humanitarian aid is being delivered, but a distribution system safe from the predations of Afghanistan's warlords needs to be built.

In addition, hundreds of thousands of women were dying in childbirth each year, because they had no access to safe deliveries in a clinic or hospital, or to emergency help when needed.

The expanded funding allowed major campaigns against AIDS, TB, and malaria; a major scaling up of safe childbirth; and increased vaccine coverage, including the near-eradication of polio.

The dollar remains the world's reserve currency, and investors' scramble into US government debt at every peak in the crisis since 2008 has underscored America's safe-haven status (even in crises that America caused).

This will require a shift to renewable energy sources such as solar power, and perhaps nuclear power, as well as new technologies to capture carbon dioxide at power plants and then to dispose of the carbon dioxide in safe underground deposits.

As the dollar weakens, America looks even less safe. So a rush to the door begins.

If Saddam were granted sanctuary in a country such as Belarus or Libya, he would probably remain safe from prosecution, but only as long as he never leaves.

The dollar's strength reflects the knee-jerk reaction of investors rushing into US treasuries as a safe haven.

Participants at the WCA meeting this week should commit to additional measures that will help ensure that emissions are kept within safe limits.

Let's roll up our sleeves together and plot a viable pathway to a safe and effective low-carbon economy.

But, while America's continued central role in Asia is safe, the long-term viability of its security arrangements boils down to the credibility of its security assurances to allies and partners.

This is a mistake, because military approaches alone cannot make America safe.

It is therefore safe to assume that not only obscure academics and correspondents, but officials in Beijing as well, are now busy studying the history of the Ghulja uprising and of Osman Batur's guerillas.

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