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secure vs secured

Both 'secure' and 'secured' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Secure' is an adjective meaning safe or protected, while 'secured' is the past tense or past participle of the verb 'secure,' meaning to make something safe or fixed. The choice between the two depends on whether you are describing something as safe or actively making it safe.

Last updated: March 31, 2024 • 2341 views

secure

This is a correct adjective meaning safe or protected.

Use 'secure' when you want to describe something as safe, protected, or free from danger.

Examples:

The building has a secure entrance.
She felt secure in her new job.

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We need someplace inconspicuous and secure.
Local dealers needed somewhere central and secure.
Recorded calls are stored in secure Amazon Web Services facilities.
A secure facility housing sensitive materials was compromised.
Roger that- secure the asset immediately.
They felt secure in their high-tech fortress.
Casey was contacted off the secure line.
Merely using the ghost network As a secure telecommunications channel.
There's a secure area downstairs.
Not exactly as secure as advertised.
Somewhere secure for people like you.
Rangers have a secure training base there.
Just decoration, makes the locals feel secure...
Whoever wiped it used a secure deletion program.
His imprisonment is what keeps him secure.
A secure channel to Fred Johnson.
Bloom and I will secure lodging.
To nearest secure bunker, norad.
Children feel more secure with boundaries.
Your bodyguard was found in a secure area.

Alternatives:

safe
protected
out of danger
unharmed
stable

secured

This is the past tense or past participle of the verb 'secure,' meaning to make something safe or fixed.

Use 'secured' when referring to something that has been made safe, protected, or fixed in place in the past.

Examples:

He secured the door before leaving.
The contract was secured with a deposit.

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This potential repayment obligation was secured by collateral agreements.
Such results could not be secured by silence.
They secured access to raw materials abroad.
I secured the information through General Atomics.
The secured e-mail system Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) [3] tested by the Commission has become fully functional.
While this proposal may sound harmless and almost self-evident, it is not; secured debt needs no further protection, because it is already secured.
Almost every secured loan you take out will be secured against your home.
Only egress is two windows, both secured.
Making sure the canisters were secured properly.
You secured that area when we bought the building.
I secured a retainer for my services.
Curlew's adamant she must be secured.
China has secured its mining rights in Afghanistan.
The undertaking's network is secured against unauthorised access.
Access is protected through secured and personalised user account and password.
Please let us know those concessions have been secured.
Caused when I secured the gun.
Mobile scaffolding must be secured against spontaneous movements.
Exclusive licensing partnership secured with iconic British luxury automotive brand.
SSL secured network with 256-bit encryption.

Alternatives:

made safe
fixed
protected
fastened
anchored

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