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- [seyf-gahrd]
- /ˈseɪfˌgɑrd/
- /ˈseɪf.ɡɑːd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [seyf-gahrd]
- /ˈseɪfˌgɑrd/
Definitions of safeguard word
- noun safeguard something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety. 1
- noun safeguard a permit for safe passage. 1
- noun safeguard a guard or convoy. 1
- noun safeguard a mechanical device for ensuring safety. 1
- verb with object safeguard to guard; protect; secure. 1
- transitive verb safeguard protect 1
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Origin of safeguard
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English savegarde (noun) safe conduct < Middle French salvegarde, sauvegarde. See safe, guard
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Parts of speech for Safeguard
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
safeguard popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
safeguard usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for safeguard
noun safeguard
- absorber — a person or thing that absorbs
- babysitter — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- buckler — a small round shield worn on the forearm or held by a short handle
- build-up — the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure: He had a strong build.
verb safeguard
- apprize — to give notice to; inform; advise (often followed by of): to be apprised of the death of an old friend.
- babysit — If you babysit for someone or babysit their children, you look after their children while they are out.
- beat off — to drive back; repel
- blinded — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- blinding — A blinding light is extremely bright.
Antonyms for safeguard
noun safeguard
- chance — If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
- fifty-fifty — equally good and bad, likely and unlikely, favorable and unfavorable, etc.: a fifty-fifty chance of winning.
- hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- heads or tails — a gambling game in which a coin is tossed, the winner being the player who guesses which side of the coin will face up when it lands or is caught.
- hot potato — Informal. a situation or issue that is difficult, unpleasant, or risky to deal with.
verb safeguard
- gamble — to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
- gamed — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- gaming — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- go for broke — a simple past tense of break.
- lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
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