safe
To make something secure or to put a device into a state where it cannot cause accidental harm. It is most commonly used in technical, mechanical, or military contexts to describe deactivating a system.
Exemplos
3 de 5Please safe the equipment after you finish the repair work.
Please make the equipment secure after you finish the repair work.
The protocol requires the technician to safe the reactor before inspection.
The rules require the technician to secure the reactor before looking at it.
Just safe the gear and let's go home.
Just secure the equipment and let's go home.
Sinônimos
Família de palavras
Dica de memorização
Imagine putting a 'safe' lock on a machine; you are 'safing' it.
Quiz rápido
The engineer was asked to ___ the power grid before the storm arrived.
Correto!
A resposta correta é: a
Exemplos
Please safe the equipment after you finish the repair work.
everydayPlease make the equipment secure after you finish the repair work.
The protocol requires the technician to safe the reactor before inspection.
formalThe rules require the technician to secure the reactor before looking at it.
Just safe the gear and let's go home.
informalJust secure the equipment and let's go home.
It is essential to safe all laboratory instruments to prevent data loss.
academicIt is very important to secure all lab tools to stop data from being lost.
Management expects employees to safe their workstations every evening.
businessManagers expect workers to secure their work areas every night.
Sinônimos
Família de palavras
Colocações comuns
Frases Comuns
fail-safe
a system that returns to a safe state if it fails
safe-keep
to keep something in a secure place
safe-handling
the act of moving things in a secure way
Frequentemente confundido com
Save is used for rescuing people or storing files; safe as a verb is rare and means to make a device secure.
Notas de uso
Using 'safe' as a verb is very rare in general English. It is mostly used by engineers or soldiers when talking about making machines or weapons secure.
Erros comuns
Learners often say 'I will safe the file' when they should say 'I will save the file.'
Dica de memorização
Imagine putting a 'safe' lock on a machine; you are 'safing' it.
Origem da palavra
From the Middle English word 'sauf', derived from the Latin 'salvus', meaning healthy, whole, or secure.
Padrões gramaticais
Quiz rápido
The engineer was asked to ___ the power grid before the storm arrived.
Correto!
A resposta correta é: a
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