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safe
English
Etymology
From Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf, from Old French sauf, saulf, salf (“safe”), from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh?- (“whole, every”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?f, IPA(key): /se?f/
- Rhymes: -e?f
- Hyphenation: safe
Adjective
safe (comparative safer or more safe, superlative safest or most safe)
- Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
- Free from risk.
- Synonyms: riskless, harmless
- Antonyms: harmful, dangerous
- Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
- (baseball) When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base or returns to the base he last occupied; not out.
- Properly secured.
- Synonym: secure
- Hyponyms: binary-safe, fail-safe, thread-safe, type-safe
- (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
- (Britain, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
- Synonyms: wicked, cool; see also Thesaurus:awesome
- (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
- Synonyms: easy-going, merciful, tolerant, lenient
- Antonyms: strict, harsh, intolerant
- Reliable; trusty.
- Synonym: trustworthy
- Cautious.
- (programming) Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.
Antonyms
- unsafe
Translations
Noun
safe (plural safes)
- A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
- (slang) A condom.
- 1999, Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, Delta (1999), ?ISBN, page 328:
- She'd better have an arsenal of Trojans in her purse just in case he wasn't carrying a safe in his back pocket.
- 1999, Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, Delta (1999), ?ISBN, page 328:
- (dated) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
- (dated, colloquial) A safety bicycle.
Synonyms
- (box for storing valuables): coffer, lockbox, strongbox
- (condom): see also Thesaurus:condom.
Hyponyms
- failsafe
Translations
Verb
safe (third-person singular simple present safes, present participle safing, simple past and past participle safed)
- (transitive) To make something safe.
Derived terms
Related terms
- better safe than sorry
- Coolgardie safe
See also
- save
- safety
References
- safe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- safe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- safe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- safe at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- EFAs, FAEs, faes
Hausa
Adverb
s?fe
- in the morning
Middle English
Adjective
safe
- Alternative form of sauf
Preposition
safe
- Alternative form of sauf
Conjunction
safe
- Alternative form of sauf
Portuguese
Verb
safe
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of safar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of safar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of safar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of safar
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valid
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French valide (“healthy, sound, in good order”), from Latin validus, from vale? (“I am strong, I am healthy, I am worth”) +? -idus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?welh?- (“be strong”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?væl?d/
Adjective
valid (comparative more valid, superlative most valid)
- Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
- Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.
- Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
- (logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
- (logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.
- (Christianity, theology) Effective.
Antonyms
- invalid
- nonvalid
Hyponyms
- (in logic: argument whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are all true): sound
Related terms
- validate
- validation
- validator
Translations
Anagrams
- Advil, davil
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin validus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va?li?t/
Adjective
valid (not comparable)
- valid
Declension
Further reading
- “valid” in Duden online
Indonesian
Etymology
From English valid, from Middle French valide (“healthy, sound, in good order”), from Latin validus, from vale? (“I am strong, I am healthy, I am worth”) +? -idus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?welh?- (“be strong”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?val?t?]
- Hyphenation: va?lid
Noun
valid (first-person possessive validku, second-person possessive validmu, third-person possessive validnya)
- valid
- Synonyms: berlaku, sahih
Related terms
Further reading
- “valid” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin validus.
Adjective
valid (neuter singular valid, definite singular and plural valide)
- valid
References
- “valid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin validus.
Adjective
valid (neuter singular valid, definite singular and plural valide)
- valid
References
- “valid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
From French valide
Adjective
valid m or n (feminine singular valid?, masculine plural valizi, feminine and neuter plural valide)
- valid
Declension
Related terms
- validitate
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