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safety     
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Meaning of safety in English

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safety
noun [ U ]

UK  /ˈseɪf.ti / US  /ˈseɪf.ti /

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a state in which or a place where you are safe and not in danger or at risk:

• For your (comfort and) safety, we recommend you keep your seat belt loosely
fastened during the flight.
• Reporters may enter the danger zone but unfortunately we cannot guarantee/assure
their safety.
• The crew of the ship were winched to safety by a rescue helicopter.

• As the gunman opened fire, they all ran/dived for safety behind the trees.
• Police are concerned for the safety of (= think that something bad might have
happened to) the five-year-old.
• He was led to a place of safety (= somewhere he would not be in danger, especially
of being found and harmed).

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• Concern for the safety of the two missing teenagers is growing.

• The report is highly critical of safety standards at the factory.
• The airline is taking steps to ensure safety on its aircraft.
• Her parents fear for her safety.
• These measures were designed to improve car safety.

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Safe and secure

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airworthiness
as safe as houses idiom
biosafety
bite
have/lead a sheltered life idiom
health and safety
impregnable
impregnably
in safe hands idiom
potable
protected
roadworthy
safe
safe space
someone/something won't bite idiom
the coast is clear idiom
unthreatening
untouchable
well kept
worthy

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Idioms

safety first
there's safety in numbers

(Definition of safety from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

safety | AMERICAN DICTIONARY

safety
noun [ U ]

US  /ˈseɪf·ti /

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the condition of not being in danger or of not being dangerous: 

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• For your safety, keep your seat belt securely fastened.

     
• Fire officials worry about the safety of those heaters.
(Definition of safety from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

safety | BUSINESS ENGLISH

safety
noun [ U ]

UK  /ˈseɪfti / US 
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the state of being protected from danger or harm:

• You have a right to be protected against anything that can affect your safety.
• public/passenger/consumer safety

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the condition of not being likely to cause damage or harm:

• the safety of sth Many people are wondering about the safety of some food
imports.
• food/drug/product safety

• fire safety
• Apart from this one incident, the company has an excellent safety record.

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used before a noun to describe equipment, rules, etc. that are designed to
keep people from being harmed:

• safety glasses

• The company is now a world leader in car safety seats.

• The iron's best safety feature is that it shuts off automatically.

• The building is not compliant with the new safety standards.

• The law requires a certificate showing that the latest safety tests have been carried
out.

• safety procedures.

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     

 air/workplace/mine, etc. safety

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the fact of keeping people safe in a particular place:

• Fletcher is an independent mine safety consultant in New Zealand.

• We always make air safety our first priority.

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health and safety

margin of safety

(Definition of safety from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

EXAMPLES of safety

safety
Would it not be better for safety's sake to accept the amendment?
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In view of these considerations, it is indeed necessary to conduct tests for safety's sake.
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In my view, there are certain safeties to which we should address ourselves.

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Such work should be well planned, for safety's sake.

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Even those definitions have for safety's sake been drawn on the wide side, 
including
  too
 much
rather than too little.
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Will he, for safety's sake, see that this type of water is available in respect of certain kidney
diseases?
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A great deal of that money of theirs, for safety's sake has to be in fixed interest securities, which
nowadays bring in a low return.
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We decided to go ahead anyway, for safety's sake.

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They have paid for these assets themselves, with their own money, and for safety's sake have
deposited these properties in this country.
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In cases of doubt it is often the practice of authorities to register the item for safety's sake.
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Should not the council have the authority at least to fence them in for safety's sake and charge
the cost to the freeholder?
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He may be put to additional expenditure through feeling that, for safety's sake, he should stop
the development as soon as the enforcement notice is served.
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They should go to the homes of people who have been told that, for safety's sake, they must
leave the home in which they have lived all their lives.
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They are quite right in trying to do what they can for safety's sake, but there is an equally strong
argument for doing it with larger motorcycles for safety's sake.
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We can only give priority of safeties.

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COLLOCATIONS with safety

safety
These are words often used in combination with safety.

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adequate safety
• If the drug combination demonstrated adequate safety (described below), then continued
enrollment would occur.
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aviation safety
• At the same time, however, we must also help third countries improve their civil aviation safety
standards.
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consumer safety
• Even if our respective approaches to economic and regulatory issues remain different,
consumer safety and data protection illustrate this.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English 

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What is the pronunciation of safety? 

Translations of safety

in Chinese (Traditional)

安全，平安…
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安全，平安…
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seguridad, seguridad [feminine, singular]…

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segurança, segurança [feminine]…
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安全, 無事, 安全（あんぜん）…

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güvenlik, emniyet, güvenlilik…

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sécurité [feminine], sûreté [feminine], (de) sécurité…

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seguretat…      
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veiligheid…
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bezpečnost(ní)…
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sikkerhed, sikkerheds-…
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bezpieczeństwo…
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keselamatan…
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die Sicherheit, Sicherheits-…

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trygghet [masculine], sikkerhet [masculine], sikkerhet…

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안전…
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безпечність, безпека…
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sicurezza, di sicurezza…      
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безопасность…
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an activity in which children dress up as magical or frightening creatures or   
characters 

from a story on Halloween (= 31 October ), and visit people's homes to demand sweets

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